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Posted to users@spamassassin.apache.org by Charles Gregory <cg...@hwcn.org> on 2010/01/01 15:33:51 UTC

Re: PH_DATE_PAST_20XX

Holy ########!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am SO glad that I read my e-mail first thing this morning!

THANKS for spotting this!

- Charles


On Fri, 1 Jan 2010, Mike Cardwell wrote:
> I just received some HAM with a surprisingly high score. The following
> rule triggered:
>
> *  3.2 FH_DATE_PAST_20XX The date is grossly in the future.
>
> Yet the date header looks fine to me:
>
> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:46:45 GMT
>
> In /usr/share/spamassassin/72_active.cf I find:
>
> header   FH_DATE_PAST_20XX	Date =~ /20[1-9][0-9]/ [if-unset: 2006]
>
> Doesn't look particularly sane to me... I have given that rule a score
> of 0 in my local.cf for now.
>
> -- 
> Mike Cardwell - IT Consultant and LAMP developer
> Cardwell IT Ltd. (UK Reg'd Company #06920226) http://cardwellit.com/
> Technical Blog: https://secure.grepular.com/blog/
>

Re: [sa] Re: PH_DATE_PAST_20XX

Posted by Charles Gregory <cg...@hwcn.org>.
On Fri, 1 Jan 2010, Marc Perkel wrote:
> Can we call this the "Y2010" bug? :)
> I was just thinking back 10 years ago today wondering if there would be a 
> 2010 related date bug.

Funny thing is, I can *remember* writing scripts for my current system that 
included 2010 as a 'sanity check' (impossible date), figuring I would 
update the code long before I got here. Now I'm looking at my system and 
wondering, DID I update all those programs? LOL

- C

> Charles Gregory wrote:
>>
>>  Holy ########!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>>  I am SO glad that I read my e-mail first thing this morning!
>>
>>  THANKS for spotting this!
>>
>>  - Charles
>> 
>>
>>  On Fri, 1 Jan 2010, Mike Cardwell wrote:
>> >  I just received some HAM with a surprisingly high score. The following
>> >  rule triggered:
>> > 
>> >  *  3.2 FH_DATE_PAST_20XX The date is grossly in the future.
>> > 
>> >  Yet the date header looks fine to me:
>> > 
>> >  Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:46:45 GMT
>> > 
>> >  In /usr/share/spamassassin/72_active.cf I find:
>> > 
>> >  header   FH_DATE_PAST_20XX    Date =~ /20[1-9][0-9]/ [if-unset: 2006]
>> > 
>> >  Doesn't look particularly sane to me... I have given that rule a score
>> >  of 0 in my local.cf for now.
>> > 
>> >  -- 
>> >  Mike Cardwell - IT Consultant and LAMP developer
>> >  Cardwell IT Ltd. (UK Reg'd Company #06920226) http://cardwellit.com/
>> >  Technical Blog: https://secure.grepular.com/blog/
>> > 
>> 
>
>

Re: PH_DATE_PAST_20XX

Posted by Marc Perkel <ma...@perkel.com>.
Can we call this the "Y2010" bug? :)

I was just thinking back 10 years ago today wondering if there would be 
a 2010 related date bug.

Charles Gregory wrote:
>
> Holy ########!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> I am SO glad that I read my e-mail first thing this morning!
>
> THANKS for spotting this!
>
> - Charles
>
>
> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010, Mike Cardwell wrote:
>> I just received some HAM with a surprisingly high score. The following
>> rule triggered:
>>
>> *  3.2 FH_DATE_PAST_20XX The date is grossly in the future.
>>
>> Yet the date header looks fine to me:
>>
>> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:46:45 GMT
>>
>> In /usr/share/spamassassin/72_active.cf I find:
>>
>> header   FH_DATE_PAST_20XX    Date =~ /20[1-9][0-9]/ [if-unset: 2006]
>>
>> Doesn't look particularly sane to me... I have given that rule a score
>> of 0 in my local.cf for now.
>>
>> -- 
>> Mike Cardwell - IT Consultant and LAMP developer
>> Cardwell IT Ltd. (UK Reg'd Company #06920226) http://cardwellit.com/
>> Technical Blog: https://secure.grepular.com/blog/
>>
>