# Another issue with spamassassin

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-issue-with-spamassassin/196075>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 6, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-issue-with-spamassassin/196075 "2010-10-06T11:01:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robkuz)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-issue-with-spamassassin/196075/1 "2010-10-06T11:01:32Z")

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Hi,

that’s the second time I get a reply like this. Is there a way to  
make spamassassin more robust (new version)?

Cheers

robert

---------- Forwarded message ----------  
From: Mail Delivery S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Date: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:16 AM  
Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender  
To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

This is the mail system at host [carbon.ruby-lang.org](http://carbon.ruby-lang.org).

I’m sorry to have to inform you that your message could not  
be delivered to one or more recipients. It’s attached below.

For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster.

If you do so, please include this problem report. You can  
delete your own text from the attached returned message.

```
              The mail system

```

[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): Command died with status 9:  
"/usr/local/bin/spamassassin |/usr/share/fml/fml.pl  
/var/spool/ml/ruby-talk  
". Command output: Nested quantifiers in regex; marked by ← HERE in  
m/^AANLkTinUY==sm8G7\_+t4k2MrX9LQwxy2P+8t7QiH++ ← HERE Xn/ at  
/usr/share/fml/fml.pl line 1844, \<LOOKUP\_TABLE\> line 1.

Final-Recipient: rfc822; removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Action: failed  
Status: 5.3.0  
Diagnostic-Code: x-unix; Nested quantifiers in regex; marked by ← HERE  
in  
m/^AANLkTinUY==sm8G7\_+t4k2MrX9LQwxy2P+8t7QiH++ ← HERE Xn/ at  
/usr/share/fml/fml.pl line 1844, \<LOOKUP\_TABLE\> line 1.

---------- Forwarded message ----------  
From: Robert K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 10:15:58 +0200  
Subject: Re: how do i detect END OF FILE file in ruby  
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Amit T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> ```
> i would like to know how do i detect END OF FILE file in
> 
> ```
> 
> ruby.is there  
> any EOF operator in ruby???

IO#gets will return nil, IO#read will return nil or “” depending.  
Please see the docs.

Cheers

robert

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**Author:** ![robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robkuz)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 9:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-issue-with-spamassassin/196075/2 "2010-10-14T09:53:26Z")

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On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Robert K.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> that’s the second time I get a reply like this. Is there a way to  
> make spamassassin more robust (new version)?

Hi there, is anybody taking care of this? A few minutes ago another  
posting was caught in this trap:

This is the mail system at host [carbon.ruby-lang.org](http://carbon.ruby-lang.org).

I’m sorry to have to inform you that your message could not  
be delivered to one or more recipients. It’s attached below.

For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster.

If you do so, please include this problem report. You can  
delete your own text from the attached returned message.

```
              The mail system

```

[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): Command died with status 9:  
"/usr/local/bin/spamassassin |/usr/share/fml/fml.pl  
/var/spool/ml/ruby-talk  
". Command output: Nested quantifiers in regex; marked by ← HERE in  
m/^AANLkTikKckopC=OUwr++ ← HERE CwBnJ5nwrT=c5sgfWwTtGkUw/ at  
/usr/share/fml/fml.pl line 1844, \<LOOKUP\_TABLE\> line 1.

Final-Recipient: rfc822; removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Action: failed  
Status: 5.3.0  
Diagnostic-Code: x-unix; Nested quantifiers in regex; marked by ← HERE  
in  
m/^AANLkTikKckopC=OUwr++ ← HERE CwBnJ5nwrT=c5sgfWwTtGkUw/ at  
/usr/share/fml/fml.pl line 1844, \<LOOKUP\_TABLE\> line 1.

Is it just me or do others experience this as well? What can we do  
about this?

Kind regards

robert

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**Author:** ![robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robkuz)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-issue-with-spamassassin/196075/3 "2010-10-14T15:47:30Z")

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On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:52 AM, Robert K.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Diagnostic-Code: x-unix; Nested quantifiers in regex; marked by ← HERE in  
> m/^AANLkTikKckopC=OUwr++ ← HERE CwBnJ5nwrT=c5sgfWwTtGkUw/ at  
> /usr/share/fml/fml.pl line 1844, \<LOOKUP\_TABLE\> line 1.
> 
> Is it just me or do others experience this as well? What can we do about this?

I’ve never run into that, looks like it’s not spamassassin biting you  
but the fml mailing  
list software: missing a \Q? (In the version I have sitting here,  
line 1844 is in the middle  
of a big comment block.)
