>What methods if any do users of declude have to create there own tests.
>We're thinking about creating a "Repetition and Prediction" test using a
>custom engine.
>
>Could you provide some details on how Declude would call a test and what it
>would expect back?
There are two ways that you can do this. One is using DNS, like many of
the other spam tests. You can accept the IP address of a remote mail
server, or domain that the E-mail was received from, and return a value to
determine whether or not it is considered spam.
The other option (which looks like what you are considering) is to use
Declude's (undocumented) "external" test type:
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Here's what you need to do:
Step 1: Create a program. Declude will send it the name of the spool file
as a parameter, and the program needs to return an exit code of "0" if the
E-mail is not spam, or any other code if it is spam.
Step 2: Define one or more tests in Declude. To do this, add a line in
\IMail\Declude\global.cfg in the format "TESTNAME external c:\filename.exe
nonzero". TESTNAME is the name of the test, "external" lets Declude know
that you want an external program run, then you have the path/name of the
file (with no spaces in it), and then "nonzero" to indicate that any exit
code besides 0 indicates that the E-mail is spam (or, you can give declude
a specific exit code to look for, for example, "TESTNAME external
c:\filename.exe 1").
Step 3: Decide what action to use on the spam. Add a line to
\IMail\Declude\$default$.JunkMail such as "TESTNAME LOG". You can use
any Declude actions here.
If you want a simple way to test it, you can write a 1-line batch file
'find "teststring" %1', which returns 0 if it finds the string, and 1 if it
doesn't. Save it as c:\test.bat. You can then define a test "MYTEST
external c:\test.bat 0", which will mark the E-mail as spam if it contains
"teststring" in it (a return code of 0). Note that this is likely the
opposite of what your program would return (normally your program would
return 0 if it was not spam).
-Scott
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