[Bug 7475] New: only skip processing large attachments

[bu...@bugzilla.spamassassin.org]

https://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7475

            Bug ID: 7475
           Summary: only skip processing large attachments
           Product: Spamassassin
           Version: 3.4.0
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: spamc/spamd
          Assignee: dev@spamassassin.apache.org
          Reporter: brian@interlinx.bc.ca
  Target Milestone: Undefined

While I can understand why spamassassin has a limit on the size of messages
that it will process, I think there is a reasonable middle-ground between scan
and don't scan in the case of such messages.

Since such large messages are usually due to large attachments, such as zip
files, or graphic (i.e. JPEG, etc.) images, why not process the message but
just skip the large attachments?

There is a lot (i.e. in headers, etc.) that can indicate that a message is spam
without even looking at the attachment, or even just looking at the
attachment's headers but without running the content through the expensive
scanning process.

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.

[Bug 7475] only skip processing large attachments

[bu...@bugzilla.spamassassin.org]

https://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7475

Kevin A. McGrail <km...@apache.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 CC|                            |kmcgrail@apache.org

--- Comment #2 from Kevin A. McGrail <km...@apache.org> ---
Agreed. I use a method in MD that truncates large messages for just this
reason.

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.

[Bug 7475] only skip processing large attachments

[bu...@spamassassin.apache.org]

https://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7475

Henrik Krohns <ap...@hege.li> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 CC|                            |apache@hege.li
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |DUPLICATE

--- Comment #3 from Henrik Krohns <ap...@hege.li> ---
body_part_scan_size was added in 3.4.3, no reason to skip big messages anymore.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 6582 ***

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.

[Bug 7475] only skip processing large attachments

[bu...@bugzilla.spamassassin.org]

https://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7475

John Hardin <jh...@impsec.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 CC|                            |jhardin@impsec.org

--- Comment #1 from John Hardin <jh...@impsec.org> ---
N.B.: This would need to be optional, as plugins might want to see those
attachments - e.g. an OCR plugin or an archive included filenames extractor.

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.