Re: [exim] Message size checks on spam ACLs

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Author: Tony Finch
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To: Nigel Metheringham
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Message size checks on spam ACLs
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
>
> Additionally, Chris Edwards suggested that it be possible to scan the
> first n KB of a message.  This raises the following issues:-
>       * Is SA on a part message sensible?  A partial message could, in
>         theory, banjax a load of SA rules, so getting lots of extra hits
>         for (say) maleformed MIME


It doesn't seem to cause too much damage - there is a tiny number of SA
rules which check MIME message structure and HTML structure which can
cause truncated messages to gain only a point or so. A plausible way to
fix this would be to add a marker to a truncated message which is spotted
by some SA rules that compensate for the truncation score penalty.

Tony.
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