[PLUG] spamassassin bug

[Michael Rasmussen]

On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 11:45:39AM -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> OK, so I haven't upgraded spamassassin for a while, just distro updates. 
> I just learned it has been throwing out many emails dated 2010 . 
> Fortunately, there is an easy fix:
> 
> In /usr/share/spamassassin/72_active.cf :
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ##{ FH_DATE_PAST_20XX
> header   FH_DATE_PAST_20XX      Date =~ /20[1-9][0-9]/ [if-unset: 2006]^M
> describe FH_DATE_PAST_20XX      The date is grossly in the future.^M
> ##} FH_DATE_PAST_20XX
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> The header line should be:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> header   FH_DATE_PAST_20XX      Date =~ /20[0-9][0-9]/ [if-unset: 2006]
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Keith, that change would match any message from 1/1/2000 forward.
I really don't think that's what you want.

Preferrabe to run sa-update or (as suggested on the SA wiki) add:
Add "score FH_DATE_PAST_20XX 0" without the quotes to the end of your
local.cf file to disable the rule.  If you require help updating your
rules to correct this issue you are encouraged to ask for assistance on
the Apache SpamAssassin Users' list.  Users' mailing list info is here.

https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/notice_apache_spamassassin_y2k10_rule

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