[MAILSCANNER] Problem with new MCP rules?

[Scott Silva]

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Julian Field spake the following on 9/20/2005 12:27 PM:
> Scott Silva wrote:
> 
>> Johnny Stork spake the following on 9/20/2005 10:27 AM:
>>  
>>
>>> After going through the instructions for coniguring MCP, I had no
>>> problem getting MailScanner to identify subject or body text
>>> contained in the default example rule file 10_example.cf. So I
>>> created a new file with the extension *cf, with the contents below,
>>> and resstared MailScanner. Going to the MailWatch interface, Tools,
>>> and "Update MCP Rules Descriptions" and it correctly showed the new
>>> rules listed below, But sending an email with only the word
>>> "password" in the subject line got through just fine? What am I missing?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> # Rules for PBCO Message Content Protection
>>> #
>>>
>>> header   PASSWORD-SUBJECT-RULE    Subject =~ /password/i
>>> describe PASSWORD-SUBJECT-RULE    Banned Subject
>>> score    PASSWORD-SUBJECT-RULE    5
>>>
>>> body     PASSWORD-BODY-RULE    /password/i
>>> describe PASSWORD-BODY-RULE    Banned body text
>>> score    PASSWORD-BODY-RULE    5
>>>
>>>   
>>
>> I don't see any rules with "-" dashes, they all have '_' underscores.
>> Maybe this isn't an allowed character in a rule name.
>>  
>>
> SpamAssassin generates a Perl function for each rule, so only the
> characters allowed in Perl function names are allowed in SpamAssassin
> rule names. So "-" is certainly not allowed, as it is the arithmetic
> "minus" operator.
> 
I just have to sit down and try learning perl!


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