On 7/17/2015 5:39 PM, a...@satester.com wrote:
On 2015-07-17 09:27, Kevin A. McGrail wrote:
On 7/16/2015 8:00 PM, Allen Marsalis wrote:
Can you elaborate on the macros any?
Sure. Mutt is a very powerful little mail client and it's perfect for
me for analysis of mbox files.
We use maildir most of the time on our servers. Is that a problem or
are you referring to a mbox file on a client machine? I never ran
spamassassin on a client before. Sorry, just trying to understand your
test environment.
I usually am working and researching based on submissions. Your mail
flow might differ but mutt supports maildir.
I looked for regression_tests.cf but I couldn't find it in any
directory on my server.
You likely need an svn checkout of trunk to get it.
I did google sample copies of the file and looking at it, I was a
little confused since it doesn't look like other .cf files I'm
familiar with. I see the "test", "ok" and "fail" attributes but no
regex, just words. I'm guessing this is a .cf file that I need to add
alongside my other .cf files (not part of installation). I never ran
make test before either. But shouldn't be too hard to figure out.
Exactly. It's in addition to your cf files now and adds that regression
testing layer to see if they do what you expect. And if you get a new
spam in the same vein, you add the string, modify the rule and see if it
still works on your old patterns and the new, etc.
There really isn't much out there on the subject that is clear enough
for someone getting started. I'm not sure I'm Wiki material, but I may
try to put together a few basic howto's that interested folks can be
pointed to on occasions like this.
Anything is better than a vacuum!
Thanks again for taking time to help someone down low on the mountain,
help get up the mountain. I surely appreciate it.
All about combatting spam!
