>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gray, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 9:43 AM
>To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
>Subject: RE: Extra Sare Rules for meds?
>
>
>>
>> One of the things the SARE group has realized, is that using
>> '*' in any regex is a bad idea. Trust me on that one. We
>> avoid it like the plague.
>>
>> --Chris
>>
>
>Are there any other rules of thumb such as this that would be really
>useful to know?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Richard
We often replace it with something like \w{0,15} or whatever. Helps the
code.
Also if you plan on writing a ruleset, you write it completely different for
testing as you would for final use. The testing is long an tedious. Coding
is somewhat different, as you want to see results for different instances of
a single rule.
You WANT results from different people. I can't suggest that enough! One
person will show an S/O rating of .95, while another shows .42!
I think everyone already knows that if you have a 'set' you precede it with
a '?:' as in
body stupidexample /(?:s|f|g|beg)un/i
Don't ask why, just do it ;)
--Chris
