Bogofilter inconsistent spam_subject_tag

[Rob Tanner]

--On Thursday, July 31, 2003 08:12:35 PM -0400 David Relson
<relson at osagesoftware.com> wrote:

> At 08:04 PM 7/31/03, Rob Tanner wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Here's a real oddity.  Bogofilter is configured to add the subject tag
>> '[SPAM]' to any message it classifies as SPAM.  What I have started to
>> notice is that sometimes while it marks the message as SPAM in the
>> X-Bogosity header, it fails to add spam subject tag.
>> 
>> Is this a known issue, or if not, any ideas as to where to look to start
>> to debug it?
> 
> Hi Rob,
> 
> Something new!  I'd start with "grep spam_subject_tag src/*.c" and see
> where that leads.  Enum value RC_SPAM is another indicator for where to
> look.
> 
> Can you post the Subject: and X-Bogosity: lines from one of the messages?
> 

I'll start with the easiest part first -- some examples:

SUBJECT: Free Vacation and Airfare
X-Bogosity: Yes, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.999887

SUBJECT: Get 12 CDs for the Price of 1
X-Bogosity: Yes, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=1.000000

I am running bogofilter version 0.13.6.2 on a RedHat 9 system. I am using
smtpprox to sandwhich it between postfix and postfix.  I don't have a good
handle on the incidence of the failure, but it's fairly low.

I'll start looking at the source code in the morning.

-- Rob

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  Rob Tanner
  UNIX Services Manager
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