Joseph, may I make a slight suggestion for you?
For the rewrite try something about the same size that makes eyeball
filtering ham out of the spam folder much easier:
rewrite_header subject * Rated SPAM: _SCORE(00) *
Then the header subject will start with something like this:
"* Rated SPAM: 019.8 *". It'll be followed by the original subject, of
course. You filter to spam if "* Rated SPAM:" is seen. And you can sort
by subject to bring the low scores to the top.
And for demonstration or test rules I'd use low scores unless you
specifically wanted to see a hit. Then I'd search for something
gibberish in the text. Hm, actually I wonder if "gibberish" itself
would be a safe rule for testing. It almost never appears in normal
mail and spammers USUALLY are averse to calling their mail gibberish.
So.... {^_-} The scores I use run for rule testing are in the 0.001
to 0.1 range. Once the look good I give them real scores.
{^_^} Joanne
----- Original Message -----
From: "DuBois, Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Well met,
Just activated SpamAssassin on my website (by my web hosting provider)
and wanted to do some simple tests which I read from the Wiki site and
FAQ. When it didn't run I opened a ticket with my provider and he said
he didn't support it and I needed to find help else where. So here I am.
Right now, I'm just trying some simple tests to get my
Aliases/Forwarders (which get sent through my site) and forwarded onto
my ISP providers email account.
i.e. a public email [EMAIL PROTECTED] would get forwarded onto my
local isp provider at verizon, or comcast depending on who I have for a
particular month, so that way I don't have to change my email every
month.
So for my test, I set up the following basic local rules in
~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file.
I assume this would take any email with the word spam in the BODY or
test in SUBJECT and rewrite the SUBJECT with the new HEADER. But for
some reason it does not appear to be working.
body LOCAL_DEMONSTRATION_RULE /spam/
score LOCAL_DEMONSTRATION_RULE 6.0
describe LOCAL_DEMONSTRATION_RULE This is a simple test rule
header LOCAL_DEMONSTRATION_SUBJECT Subject =~ /\btest\b/i
score LOCAL_DEMONSTRATION_SUBJECT 2
required_score 5
rewrite_header subject * Rated SPAM: Junk This! *
Does it not work for Aliases/Forwarders? Do you have to have a special
Client? I am using BAT by RitLABs, and/or Webbrowser.
Thanks!
Joseph DuBois, Lead Application Specialist
Application Standards & Specialty Projects
Children's Hospital Boston
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
