btw, I think this is already possible using the shortcircuit plugin. Just use rule priorities to run the non-net rules first, and shortcircuit if they are sufficient.
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 08:05, Henrik K <h...@hege.li> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 02:23:00AM -0400, dar...@chaosreigns.com wrote: >> On 10/30, Michael Parker wrote: >> > > I'd like to see spamassassin only run network tests when they might >> > > affect the outcome. >> > >> > Why? >> >> To reduce the network load on my server which is one of the hosts of the >> DNSWL.org list? >> >> > Assuming a reasonably fast connection network checks are basically free. >> >> That seems weird. >> >> But the total amount of bandwidth and processing time saved on the >> internet from not running unnecessary tests on every instance of >> spamassassin seems worth doing. >> >> Why not? > > It's nice that you are requesting a feature without any single proof that it > would be generally useful. It would only make things in all ways much more > complex, create additional delays, hinder log analyzing etc. What if there > are lots of metas involving DNS rules or shortcircuits etc? It would become > a big mess. > > This is just a different variation of the age old question that pops up here > now and then. No one has yet showed it would have enough merits to > implement. > >
