Re: Blacklisting efficiently using "first and final" rules?

[Justin Mason <jm...@jmason.org>]

Yes, this is in 3.2.0.

Kelly Jones writes:
> Blacklisting with SpamAssassin is easy: just add a rule with a high score.
> 
> However, this seems inefficient, since SpamAssassin will still go
> through its entire ruleset to calculate a score.
> 
> Is it possible to setup "first and final" rules in SpamAssassin. That
> is, rules that are: 1) checked before any other rules, and 2) if any
> of the rules are hit, no other rules are checked.
> 
> Given that some tests (especially network-based tests?) are expensive
> and that most people get a lot of spam, I think this would help a lot,
> but I could be wrong: any thoughts on whether this would really
> increase efficiency?
> 
> Of course, "first and final" rules could be used for whitelisting, too.
> 
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