On 3/22/2011 6:43 PM, Steve Freegard wrote:

> I've been hit by this issue; it's nothing to do with the rule misfiring
> - it's more of a conceptual issue of how MailScanner works e.g. by
> taking the queue file and moving it from an inbound to and outbound
> spool and then forcing a delivery.
> 
> In the Sendmail queue files, there is always a 'Return-Path:' header
> that is a placeholder for expansion should Sendmail be delivering the
> message to a mailer that specifies that it requires a Return-Path header
> (e.g. local/procmail etc.); however as the header is in the queue file,
> MailScanner still reads it in as a regular header and it therefore gets
> passed to SpamAssassin when the message is checked.  Unfortunately the
> placeholder used by Sendmail contains a high-bit character which then
> causes this rule to fire.

Same here, sendmail + MailScanner and "RP_8BIT 1.39" seems to be a false
positive added to every message I see marked as spam, and many wouldn't
be if that point and fraction weren't added.
-- 
René Berber


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