Hi,
users of the pkgsrc package mail/spamassassin version 3.2.0 to 3.2.5
should update the rules as soon as possible.
Since the start of the new year the rule FH_DATE_PAST_20XX gets triggered
for every single message due to a bad regular expression. This adds
about 3.5 points to the score of every message, with 5 points being the
default value to classify a message as spam.
There are several ways you can update your rules:
1) Run sa-update and get all the latest rules, including the updated
rule FH_DATE_PAST_20XX.
You can see the version your are retrieving by running sa-update with
the debug option "-D". Make sure you retrieve at least update 895075.
2) Update the package mail/spamassassin to the latest version 3.2.5nb4.
This version contains the new rule as a patch.
3) Change the regular expression in file 72_active.cf with the the text
editor of your choice from
header FH_DATE_PAST_20XX Date =~ /20[1-9][0-9]/ [if-unset: 2006]^M
to
header FH_DATE_PAST_20XX Date =~ /20[2-9][0-9]/ [if-unset: 2006]^M
The affected file 72_active.cf can be found either in
/usr/pkg/share/spamassassin/ if you never used sa-update before or in
/var/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/ where rules are
stored by sa-update.
Don't forget to restart SpamAssassin to enable the updated rules.
Regards,
Klaus Heinz
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