THANK YOU!!!! I think the 22 char is for rule name. Hmmm.....I'm glad we got this info before we finished this next update! Very interesting......
--Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Hanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 1:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SpamAssassin 3.0 notes > > > Here's an interesting note in advance for all the rule > creators reading > the list. I decided to test out the new 3.0 cvs code to see > if it would > behave on a test server I'm working on. In addition to > requiring some > basic configuration options being renamed or set up a bit > differently, I > discovered that when I lint my ruleset I get a massively long list of > warning messages. most of them read like: > > warning: description for FVGT_s_OBFU_V is over 50 chars > warning: description for T_RATWARE_OOPS_11 is over 50 chars > > or > > warning: score set for non-existent rule RCVD_IN_EFIVETEN > > or > > warning: rule 'LOCAL_DRUGS_MALEDYSFUNCTION' is over 22 chars > > > I'm assuming that everything else loaded up right, and my > scores seem > to be comparable in general on first glance. Also, there > seems to be a > speed improvement on spamd noticeable. > > That's it. Just thought it was interesting, and everybody writing or > describing rules might want to parse their sets to make sure > they fall > within the boundaries of 50 or 22 characters that seem to be > more mandatory. > Ben >
