[Bug 3019] New: spamc (esp. with -R) should print a warning when spamd cannot be contacted

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           Summary: spamc (esp. with -R) should print a warning when spamd
                    cannot be contacted
           Product: Spamassassin
           Version: 2.63
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P5
         Component: spamc/spamd
        AssignedTo: spamassassin-dev@incubator.apache.org
        ReportedBy: ed@membled.com


I have read the spamc manual page and seen that the -f flag is now the default.  So if spamd is not running, spamc will give a score of 0/0.  However it could print some warning explaining what has happened - normally to stderr.

This is especially true with the -R flag which is supposed to print a detailed report.  If spamc -R cannot contact spamd, it can give a score of 0/0, but should at least explain why.  For example

% spamc -R <sample
0/0
The spam detection software running on the system "x.foo.com" has assigned this message a score of zero because the "spamd" daemon could not be contacted.

Even without -R, some 'cannot contact spamd' message to stderr would be helpful.  spamc can still print 0/0 and exit with success.



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