The question is: Has anyone seen unpredictable and different results when processing the same message?
The operative part of the script is: #first run use echo setting aside user_prefs, running with system wide values mv ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs ~/.spamassassin/user_prefss cp ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs.rptonly ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs grep -iv X-SPAM $1 | spamc > $1.o grep X-Spam $1.o grep -A14 "pts rule name" $1.oo|grep -v "\-\-\-\-" #second run. use all MY prefs mv -f ~/.spamassassin/user_prefss ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs grep -iv X-SPAM $1 | spamc > $1.oo grep X-Spam $1.oo grep -A13 "pts rule name" $1.oo |grep -v "\-\-\-\-" where user_prefs.rptonly contains add_header all report _REPORT_ add_header all testscores _TESTSSCORES(,)_ I run the script multiple times and get unpredictable results regarding the appearance of MISSING_MID. Thank you, Dennis German Hello world, goodnight moon