Re: [exim] Forwarding mail onto Junk for no reason

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Author: Chris Bolton
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To: Chris Purves
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Forwarding mail onto Junk for no reason
Chris Purves wrote:
> Chris Bolton wrote:
>> I've been using exim for over a year now with no problems but
>> overnight exim has started to forward all my mail to my Junk folder.
>>
>> example from log:
>> 2006-02-17 08:28:59 1FA0z5-0006Ds-0e => /home/cbolton/mail/Junk
>> <cbolton@???> R=userforward T=address_file
>>
>> The messages hasn't been marked as spam:
>>
>> X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.4 required=7.5 
>> tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO,
>>     HTML_90_100,HTML_MESSAGE,HTML_SHORT_COMMENT,HTML_TITLE_EMPTY,
>>     MISSING_SUBJECT autolearn=no version=3.1.0

>>
>> and the only thing in my .forward file that refers to the Junk folder
>> is:
>>
>> if $h_X-Spam-Status: contains "Yes"
>>        or
>>    "${if def:h_X-Spam-Flag {def}{undef}}" is "def"
>> then
>>    save $home/mail/Junk
>>    finish
>> endif

>>
>> I decided to use this opportunity to update to version 4.60 (4.54
>> previous) and its still doing it. Is there something I've missed?
>>
>
> I expect it is picking up on the "YES" contained in "BAYES_00". I
> don't use .forward for filtering in this way, but if you can modify
> your rule to check if X-Spam-Status: begins with "Yes" instead of
> contains "Yes", that might solve your problem.
>
> I can't imagine why it wouldn't happen before or why it's not case
> sensative...of course I could be completely wrong. :-)
>

ahh yes now I see.. it all makes sense now.

Cheers.