MCP patching SpamAssassin

[Randal, Phil]

Julian,

Is there any chance of you raising a spamassassin bug to get this
functionality included in the standard release?

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK  

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> Subject: MCP patching SpamAssassin
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> After looking at the source for 3.2.1, I have come up with a 
> far easier 
> way of making SpamAssassin search binary attachments as well as just 
> text and HTML, when doing MCP tests.
> 
> The new method involves just a single 1-line patch to Util.pm.
> 
> This will be in the next release, and should be far simpler 
> to maintain 
> across future versions, as it works at a much lower level, in 
> a utility 
> function for reading the MIME type of an attachment.
> 
> I would advise anyone using SpamAssassin version 3.2.0 or higher to 
> switch to the new method when I release it.
> 
> Jules
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