[Spambayes] sb_mailsort.py

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ok, no answers to my previous post, of similar subject... here's more....

using 'sb_mailsort.py' in a .qmail-file seems cool, and after figuring out
that it was to be trained independently of sb_filter the tests i've run
with it look good.

i don't (yet) know coding in python, so i'm asking:

1) will the script return a non-zero exit status if it fails for *ANY*
reason? this is important, since a .qmail-file will recognize that as an
unsuccessful delivery attempt.

2) is the SPAM_CUTTOFF hard-coded at 0.57??? (like i said, i don't know
code in python.) is there a way to only assign a value to a variable [in
python] if a user-specified value is not defined?

3) how well is this (and similar) scripts protected against attacks where
a malicious email can cause commands to be executed with the permissions
of the recipient?


 	...atom

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