[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> What were the objections to using a hash of some selected headers (From, To,
> Subject) and the message body, again?  Strikes me this is a more resilient
> way to avoid spammers using 1 message ID for all their spam and evading
> bayes learning that way.

I agree.  Let's move to using the hash in 3.0.

I think the main concerns (I wouldn't say objections) were (or should
be).

1. overhead of computing the hash (not a big deal, I think)

2. stability of the hash to minor changes (like whitespace in headers,
   whitespace at end of body, header sorting, Received headers, etc.)
   that could cause a mismatch in generated ID from one hashing to the
   next.

3. backward compatibility with existing Bayes databases.

Daniel

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Daniel Quinlan                     anti-spam (SpamAssassin), Linux,
http://www.pathname.com/~quinlan/    and open source consulting

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