Okay, thanks anyway for the advice! I'd upgrade in a flash but unfortunately I'm not able to - I'm using MDaemon v8 which has SA bundled in such a way that it can't be separately upgraded.
Cheers, Jeremy "Matt Kettler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jeremy Fairbrass wrote: >> Hi all, >> Is it possible to use the SA 3.1.x rulesets (from >> http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.1.x/dist/rules/) on SA 3.0.4? > > No. > In other >> words, simply downloading the .cf files from that URL and plonking them >> over >> the top of the existing 3.0.4 rulesets? > > No. > > Would that cause any problems? > > Yes, the stock rules make use of code from EvalTests.pm. The functions > available > through that file are not the same in 3.0.4 and 3.1.0. > >> The >> advantage would be being able to use the new and/or modified rules from >> 3.1.x in order to get better scoring results. > > So upgrade. You'll not only get the stronger rules, but you'll get the > code > improvements too. > > Often times code improvements (changes to the HTML parser, etc) have a > more > dramatic effect on accuracy than changes to the rules alone. > > >> But I'm not sure if there are >> new types of rule in 3.1.x which would not work with 3.0.x and would >> cause >> 3.0.x to stop working or something. Any advice on this would be >> appreciated! >> >> Cheers, >> Jeremy >> >> >> > >
