> Regarding  SPAMCHK I can't see any benefit for bitmask return codes.

Yeah, me neither with SPAMC32.

I  do like the positive/negative concept, and I'd go it one further: a
WEIGHTXn test type, which allows you to multiply the test result by n.

This would allow for negative returns:

SPAMCHK+ weight . . .
SPAMCHK- weightx-1 . . .

As  well as being helpful to those (like me) who use different scales,
like minimum weight 10 on all tests:

SPAMC32 weightx10 . . .

The  bitmask idea seems like trying to fit an elephant (verbose result
data)  onto  the  head  of  a  pin  (console  errorlevel).  There  are
definitely  better  ways  to pass robust data, such as Declude reading
from STDOUT. But I think STDOUT would also be a half-measure. My ideal
implementation for add-ons is a C library, which would of course allow
any  data  to be exchanged between Declude and the extension. I'm kind
of  surprised  that neither Barry nor Scott has mentioned this kind of
move,  which  I  think is a natural fit for whatever form Declude next
takes:  if  Declude is going to be persistent and multithreaded (which
doesn't  mean  that  it's  a  standalone  MTA, just that it plugs into
MTA(s)  that  use  the  library model), rather than multiprocess, it's
looking backward to require all add-ons to be multiprocess.

--Sandy


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