FH_DATE_PAST_20XX false positives

[Derek Chee]

"MailScanner --debug-sa" will tell you what SpamAssassin is up to.  You can also run --debug with spamassassin command-line tool, but to be really sure what MailScanner is doing, use the MailScanner command.  I just found out that I had messed up my MailScanner config and it was doing things differently than the command-line issued spamassassin command.

-- Derek

On Jan 4, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Laskie, Norman wrote:
> Is there an easy way to tell what directory SpamAssassin / MailScanner is using for rules?  I have two copies of that particular rule file with the version under /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002004/updates_spamassassin_org being updated and a version under /usr/share/spamassassin not being updated.  MailScanner services have been restarted, SpamAssassin caches dumped and multiple sa-updates have been run.
> 
> -Norman
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Kevin Miller
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 1:15 PM
> To: 'MailScanner discussion'
> Subject: RE: FH_DATE_PAST_20XX false positives
> 
> Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> Happy New Year!
>> 
>> Just a quick note about a bug noted on the SpamAssassin list: you
>> might want to set FH_DATE_PAST_20XX to have a score of zero, or edit
>> the rule, as it currently applies to all mail sent in 2010. The rule
>> adds a score of   
>> 3.19 to messages by default, so could easily cause false positives
>> for slightly-spammy messages sent this year. 
> 
> As noted, sa_update will cure those ills, but a manual fix is easy too.  Just cd to
> /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/ then in 72_active.cf change:
>  72_active.cf:header   FH_DATE_PAST_20XX Date =~ /20[1-9][0-9]/ [if-unset: 2006]
> To:
>  72_active.cf:header   FH_DATE_PAST_20XX Date =~ /20[2-9][0-9]/ [if-unset: 2006]
> 
> Watch the line wrap.  In short, change the [1-9] to [2-9]...
> 
> 
> ...Kevin
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