[Linux-disciples] spam assassin/procmailrc

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Jamie Forrest wrote:
> Will the following lines in .procmailrc correctly vaporize spams that
> rate higher than 10 points in SpamAssassin?
> :0
> * ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
> /dev/null

It depends on what else is in your .procmailrc. procmail stops at the first
line that matches. So, the following would (1) vaporize spams >= 10 SA
points and (2) file spams >= 5 SA points into a folder called 'spamfolder',
assuming you are using maildirs to store your mail:

:0
* ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
/dev/null

:0
* ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\*\*\*
.spamfolder/

The following, however, would just file *everything* into 'spamfolder':

:0
* ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\*\*\*
.spamfolder/

:0
* ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
/dev/null

This is because the first rule would match emails with at least 5 points
(including those with 10 points) and file the message away; the second rule
would never be reached.

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