Hi,

>> The only "solution" I've ever come up with is to create a meta rule group to 
>> account for the Subject hit:
>>
>> body __FOO /foo/
>> header __SUBJ_FOO  Subject =~ /foo/
>> meta FOO  __FOO && !__SUBJ_FOO
>>
>> I have to admit it's annoyed me on occasion that I can't create a single 
>> simple rule that ONLY matches on the message body, but TBH it's never been 
>> important enough in context for me to even commit the above horror.
>
> It seems the the number of times you want to match ONLY the body and not the 
> body+subject is low enough math this workaround is reasonable.
>
> I mean, you could have a new category bodyonly, or something, but I doubt 
> it's necessary.
>
> Certainly changing the behavior of body now would be a mistake.

I've also had a problem when trying to write rules that rely on or
otherwise measure the length of the body. A more complicated set of
rules are needed for that, if it's even possible/reliable.

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