we're looking for the approved "how-to-add-a-custom-test to
spamassassin" method...
okay, we've got spamassassin running, and Mail::SpamAssassin
perl paraphernalia is available as well.
# /etc/apt/sources.list -- running woody, with backports:
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/BACKPORTS woody-spamassassin main
deb http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/BACKPORTS woody-clamav main
since spamassassin seems to be an instance of Mail::SpamAssassin
that's invoked to scan email as it arrives, what's the procedure
for customizing the spam-recognition routines? not sure what to
google for in this instance -- we get hits on spamassassin's
features and the manpages for Mail::SpamAssassin, but not how to
customize the filters themselves.
we'd like to create our own tests (which look to belong in the
EvalTests arena) such as
# ratio of non-alpha to alpha in the subject: field
sub alpha_ratio_subject
{
my $self = shift;
my $subj = $self->get('Subject');
$subj =~ s/\s+//;
my @alpha = ($subj =~ s/(\w)//g);
my $alpha = scalar @alpha;
my $punc = length($subj);
return 0
unless $punc;
return $punc / $alpha
if $alpha;
return 2**31;
}
this test is probably not very international-friendly but being
in the torso of the american midwest, we don't have that issue.
:(
what's the approved approach for this kind of customization?
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I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0;
Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #83 from Kieren Diment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
and USM Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:
GOT GIBBERISH? And wondering what to do next, to clear the
mess? Clear your command-line buffer with control-C (in case
you'd entered something that might be harmful), and then enter
reset
which is a symlink to /usr/bin/tset which is a portion of
"ncurses-bin" package. ("apt-get install ncurses-bin")
Also see "man tset" for more info.
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
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