Provided by: spamassassin_4.0.0-8ubuntu5_all 
NAME
Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus - per-message status (spam or not-spam)
SYNOPSIS
my $spamtest = Mail::SpamAssassin->new({
'rules_filename' => '/etc/spamassassin.rules',
'userprefs_filename' => $ENV{HOME}.'/.spamassassin/user_prefs'
});
my $mail = $spamtest->parse();
my $status = $spamtest->check ($mail);
my $rewritten_mail;
if ($status->is_spam()) {
$rewritten_mail = $status->rewrite_mail ();
}
...
DESCRIPTION
The Mail::SpamAssassin check() method returns an object of this class. This object
encapsulates all the per-message state.
METHODS
$status->check ()
Runs the SpamAssassin rules against the message pointed to by the object.
$status->learn()
After a mail message has been checked, this method can be called. If the score is
outside a certain range around the threshold, ie. if the message is judged more-or-
less definitely spam or definitely non-spam, it will be fed into SpamAssassin's
learning systems (currently the naive Bayesian classifier), so that future similar
mails will be caught.
$score = $status->get_autolearn_points()
Return the message's score as computed for auto-learning. Certain tests are ignored:
- rules with tflags set to 'learn' (the Bayesian rules)
- rules with tflags set to 'userconf' (user welcome/block-listing rules, etc)
- rules with tflags set to 'noautolearn'
Also note that auto-learning occurs using scores from either scoreset 0 or 1,
depending on what scoreset is used during message check. It is likely that the
message check and auto-learn scores will be different.
$score = $status->get_head_only_points()
Return the message's score as computed for auto-learning, ignoring all rules except
for header-based ones.
$score = $status->get_learned_points()
Return the message's score as computed for auto-learning, ignoring all rules except
for learning-based ones.
$score = $status->get_body_only_points()
Return the message's score as computed for auto-learning, ignoring all rules except
for body-based ones.
$score = $status->get_autolearn_force_status()
Return whether a message's score included any rules that are flagged as
autolearn_force.
$rule_names = $status->get_autolearn_force_names()
Return a list of comma separated list of rule names if a message's score included any
rules that are flagged as autolearn_force.
$isspam = $status->is_spam ()
After a mail message has been checked, this method can be called. It will return 1
for mail determined likely to be spam, 0 if it does not seem spam-like.
$list = $status->get_names_of_tests_hit ()
After a mail message has been checked, this method can be called. It will return a
comma-separated string, listing all the symbolic test names of the tests which were
triggered by the mail.
$list = $status->get_names_of_tests_hit_with_scores_hash ()
After a mail message has been checked, this method can be called. It will return a
pointer to a hash for rule & score pairs for all the symbolic test names and
individual scores of the tests which were triggered by the mail.
$list = $status->get_names_of_tests_hit_with_scores ()
After a mail message has been checked, this method can be called. It will return a
comma-separated string of rule=score pairs for all the symbolic test names and
individual scores of the tests which were triggered by the mail.
$list = $status->get_names_of_subtests_hit ()
After a mail message has been checked, this method can be called. It will return a
comma-separated string, listing all the symbolic test names of the meta-rule sub-tests
which were triggered by the mail. Sub-tests are the normally-hidden rules, which
score 0 and have names beginning with two underscores, used in meta rules.
If a parameter of collapsed or dbg is passed, the output will be a condensed array of
sub-tests with multiple hits reduced to one entry.
If the parameter of dbg is passed, the output will be a condensed string of sub-tests
with multiple hits reduced to one entry with the number of hits in parentheses. Some
information is also added at the end regarding the multiple hits.
$num = $status->get_score ()
After a mail message has been checked, this method can be called. It will return the
message's score.
$num = $status->get_required_score ()
After a mail message has been checked, this method can be called. It will return the
score required for a mail to be considered spam.
$num = $status->get_autolearn_status ()
After a mail message has been checked, this method can be called. It will return one
of the following strings depending on whether the mail was auto-learned or not: "ham",
"no", "spam", "disabled", "failed", "unavailable".
It also returns is flagged with auto_learn_force, it will also include the status and
the rules hit. For example: "autolearn_force=yes (AUTOLEARNTEST_BODY)"
$report = $status->get_report ()
Deliver a "spam report" on the checked mail message. This contains details of how
many spam detection rules it triggered.
The report is returned as a multi-line string, with the lines separated by "\n"
characters.
$preview = $status->get_content_preview ()
Give a "preview" of the content.
This is returned as a multi-line string, with the lines separated by "\n" characters,
containing a fully-decoded, safe, plain-text sample of the first few lines of the
message body.
$msg = $status->get_message()
Return the object representing the message being scanned.
$status->rewrite_mail ()
Rewrite the mail message. This will at minimum add headers, and at maximum MIME-
encapsulate the message text, to reflect its spam or not-spam status. The function
will return a scalar of the rewritten message.
The actual modifications depend on the configuration (see "Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf"
for more information).
The possible modifications are as follows:
To:, From: and Subject: modification on spam mails
Depending on the configuration, the To: and From: lines can have a user-defined
RFC 2822 comment appended for spam mail. The subject line may have a user-defined
string prepended to it for spam mail.
X-Spam-* headers for all mails
Depending on the configuration, zero or more headers with names beginning with
"X-Spam-" will be added to mail depending on whether it is spam or ham.
spam message with report_safe
If report_safe is set to true (1), then spam messages are encapsulated into their
own message/rfc822 MIME attachment without any modifications being made.
If report_safe is set to false (0), then the message will only have the above
headers added/modified.
$status->action_depends_on_tags($tags, $code, @args)
Enqueue the supplied subroutine reference $code, to become runnable when all the
specified tags become available. The $tags may be a simple scalar - a tag name, or a
listref of tag names. The subroutine &$code when called will be passed a
"permessagestatus" object as its first argument, followed by the supplied (optional)
list @args .
$status->set_tag($tagname, $value)
Set a template tag, as used in "add_header", report templates, etc. This API is
intended for use by plugins. Tag names will be converted to an all-uppercase
representation internally. Tag names must consist only of [A-Z0-9_] characters and
must not contain consecutive underscores. Also the name must not start or end in an
underscore, as that is the template tagging format.
$value can be a simple scalar (string or number), or a reference to an array, in which
case the public method get_tag will join array elements using a space as a separator,
returning a single string for backward compatibility.
$value can also be a subroutine reference, which will be evaluated each time the
template is expanded. The first argument passed by get_tag to a called subroutine will
be a PerMsgStatus object (this module's object), followed by optional arguments
provided by a caller to get_tag.
Note that perl supports closures, which means that variables set in the caller's scope
can be accessed inside this "sub". For example:
my $text = "hello world!";
$status->set_tag("FOO", sub {
my $pms = shift;
return $text;
});
See "Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf"'s "TEMPLATE TAGS" and "CAPTURING TAGS USING REGEX NAMED
CAPTURE GROUPS" sections for more details on how template tags are used.
$string = $status->get_tag($tagname)
Get the current value of a template tag, as used in "add_header", report templates,
etc. This API is intended for use by plugins. Tag names will be converted to an all-
uppercase representation internally.
See "Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf"'s "TEMPLATE TAGS" and "CAPTURING TAGS USING REGEX NAMED
CAPTURE GROUPS" sections for more details on how template tags are used.
"undef" will be returned if a tag by that name has not been defined.
$string = $status->get_tag_raw($tagname, @args)
Similar to "get_tag", but keeps a tag name unchanged (does not uppercase it), and does
not convert arrayref tag values into a single string.
$status->set_spamd_result_item($subref)
Set an entry for the spamd result log line. $subref should be a code reference for a
subroutine which will return a string in 'name=VALUE' format, similar to the other
entries in the spamd result line:
Jul 17 14:10:47 radish spamd[16670]: spamd: result: Y 22 - ALL_NATURAL,
DATE_IN_FUTURE_03_06,DIET_1,DRUGS_ERECTILE,DRUGS_PAIN,
TEST_FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD,TEST_INVALID_DATE,TEST_NOREALNAME,
TEST_NORMAL_HTTP_TO_IP,UNDISC_RECIPS scantime=0.4,size=3138,user=jm,
uid=1000,required_score=5.0,rhost=localhost,raddr=127.0.0.1,
rport=33153,mid=<9PS291LhupY>,autolearn=spam
"name" and "VALUE" must not contain "=" or "," characters, as it is important that
these log lines are easy to parse.
The code reference will be called by spamd after the message has been scanned, and the
PerMsgStatus::check() method has returned.
$status->finish ()
Indicate that this $status object is finished with, and can be destroyed.
If you are using SpamAssassin in a persistent environment, or checking many mail
messages from one "Mail::SpamAssassin" factory, this method should be called to ensure
Perl's garbage collection will clean up old status objects.
$name = $status->get_current_eval_rule_name()
Return the name of the currently-running eval rule. "undef" is returned if no eval
rule is currently being run. Useful for plugins to determine the current rule name
while inside an eval test function call.
$status->get_decoded_body_text_array ()
Returns the message body, with base64 or quoted-printable encodings decoded, and non-
text parts or non-inline attachments stripped.
This is the same result text as used in 'rawbody' rules.
It is returned as an array of strings, with each string being a 2-4kB chunk of the
body, split from boundaries if possible.
$status->get_decoded_stripped_body_text_array ()
Returns the message body, decoded (as described in get_decoded_body_text_array()),
with HTML rendered, and with whitespace normalized.
This is the same result text as used in 'body' rules.
It will always render text/html.
It is returned as an array of strings, with each string representing one 'paragraph'.
Paragraphs, in plain-text mails, are double-newline-separated blocks of multi-line
text.
$status->get (header_name [, default_value])
Returns a message header, pseudo-header or a real name, email-address or some other
parsed value set by modifiers. "header_name" is the name of a mail header, such as
'Subject', 'To', etc.
Should be called in list context since 4.0. Will return list of headers content, or
other values when modifiers used.
If "default_value" is given, it will be used if the requested "header_name" does not
exist. This is mainly useful when called in scalar context to set 'undef' instead of
legacy '' return value when header does not exist.
Appending ":raw" modifier to the header name will inhibit decoding of quoted-printable
or base-64 encoded strings.
Appending ":addr" modifier to the header name will return all email-addresses found in
the header. It is mainly applicable to header fields 'From', 'Sender', 'To', 'Cc'
along with their 'Resent-*' counterparts, and the 'Return-Path'. For example, all of
the following will result in "example@foo" (and "example@bar"):
example@foo
example@foo (Foo Blah), <example@bar>
example@foo, example@bar
display: example@foo (Foo Blah), example@bar ;
Foo Blah <example@foo>
"Foo Blah" <example@foo>
"'Foo Blah'" <example@foo>
Appending ":name" modifier to the header name will return all "display names" from the
header field. As with ":addr", it is mainly applicable to header fields 'From',
'Sender', 'To', 'Cc' along with their 'Resent-*' counterparts, and the 'Return-Path'.
For example, all of the following will result in "Foo Blah" (and "Bar Baz"). One
level of single quotes is stripped too, as it is often seen.
example@foo (Foo Blah)
example@foo (Foo Blah), "Bar Baz" <example@bar>
display: example@foo (Foo Blah), example@bar ;
Foo Blah <example@foo>
"Foo Blah" <example@foo>
"'Foo Blah'" <example@foo>
Appending ":host" to the header name will return the first hostname-looking string
that ends with a valid TLD. First it tries to find a match after @ character
(possible email), then from any part of the header. Normal use of this would be for
example 'From:addr:host' to return the hostname portion of a From-address.
Appending ":domain" to the header name implies ":host", but will return only domain
part of the hostname, as returned by RegistryBoundaries::trim_domain().
Appending ":ip" to the header name, will return the first IPv4 or IPv6 address string
found. Could be used for example as 'X-Originating-IP:ip'.
Appending ":revip" to the header name implies ":ip", but will return the found IP in
reverse (usually for DNSBL usage).
Appending ":first" modifier to the header name will return only the first (topmost)
header, in case there are multiple ones. Similarly ":last" will select the last one.
These affect only the physical header line selection. If selected header is parsed
further with ":addr" or similar, it may return multiple results, if the selected
header contains multiple addresses.
There are several special pseudo-headers that can be specified:
"ALL" can be used to mean the text of all the message's headers. Each header is
decoded and unfolded to single line, unless called with :raw.
"ALL-TRUSTED" can be used to mean the text of all the message's headers that could
only have been added by trusted relays.
"ALL-INTERNAL" can be used to mean the text of all the message's headers that could
only have been added by internal relays.
"ALL-UNTRUSTED" can be used to mean the text of all the message's headers that may
have been added by untrusted relays. To make this pseudo-header more useful for
header rules the 'Received' header that was added by the last trusted relay is
included, even though it can be trusted.
"ALL-EXTERNAL" can be used to mean the text of all the message's headers that may have
been added by external relays. Like "ALL-UNTRUSTED" the 'Received' header added by
the last internal relay is included.
"ToCc" can be used to mean the contents of both the 'To' and 'Cc' headers.
"EnvelopeFrom" is the address used in the 'MAIL FROM:' phase of the SMTP transaction
that delivered this message, if this data has been made available by the SMTP server.
"MESSAGEID" is a symbol meaning all Message-Id's found in the message; some mailing
list software moves the real 'Message-Id' to 'Resent-Message-Id' or 'X-Message-Id',
then uses its own one in the 'Message-Id' header. The value returned for this symbol
is the text from all 3 headers, separated by newlines.
"X-Spam-Relays-Untrusted" is the generated metadata of untrusted relays the message
has passed through
"X-Spam-Relays-Trusted" is the generated metadata of trusted relays the message has
passed through
"X-Spam-Relays-External" is the generated metadata of external relays the message has
passed through
"X-Spam-Relays-Internal" is the generated metadata of internal relays the message has
passed through
$status->get_uri_list ()
Returns an array of all unique URIs found in the message. It takes a combination of
the URIs found in the rendered (decoded and HTML stripped) body and the URIs found
when parsing the HTML in the message. Will also set $status->{uri_list} (the array as
returned by this function).
The returned array will include the "raw" URI as well as "slightly cooked" versions.
For example, the single URI 'http://%77w%77.example.com/' will get turned into:
( 'http://%77w%77.example.com/', 'http://www.example.com/' )
$status->get_uri_detail_list ()
Returns a hash reference of all unique URIs found in the message and various data
about where the URIs were found in the message. It takes a combination of the URIs
found in the rendered (decoded and HTML stripped) body and the URIs found when parsing
the HTML in the message. Will also set $status->{uri_detail_list} (the hash reference
as returned by this function).
The hash format looks something like this:
raw_uri => {
types => { a => 1, img => 1, parsed => 1, domainkeys => 1,
unlinked => 1, schemeless => 1 },
cleaned => [ canonicalized_uri ],
anchor_text => [ "click here", "no click here" ],
domains => { domain1 => 1, domain2 => 1 },
hosts => { host1 => domain1, host2 => domain2 },
}
"raw_uri" is whatever the URI was in the message itself
(http://spamassassin.apache%2Eorg/). Uris parsed from text will be prefixed with
scheme if missing (http://, mailto: etc). HTML uris are as found.
"types" is a hash of the HTML tags (lowercase) which referenced the raw_uri. parsed
is a faked type which specifies that the raw_uri was seen in the rendered text.
domainkeys is defined when raw_uri was found from DK/DKIM d= field. unlinked is
defined when it's assumed that MUA will not linkify uri (found in body without scheme
or www. prefix). schemeless is always added for uris without scheme, regardless of
linkifying (i.e. email address found in body without mailto:).
"cleaned" is an array of the raw and canonicalized version of the raw_uri
(http://spamassassin.apache%2Eorg/, https://spamassassin.apache.org/).
"anchor_text" is an array of the anchor text (text between <a> and </a>), if any,
which linked to the URI.
"domains" is a hash of the domains found in the canonicalized URIs.
"hosts" is a hash of unstripped hostnames found in the canonicalized URIs as hash
keys, with their domain part stored as a value of each hash entry.
$status->add_uri_detail_list ($raw_uri, $types, $source, $valid_domain)
Adds values to internal uri_detail_list. When used from Plugins, recommended to call
from parsed_metadata (along with register_method_priority, -10) so other Plugins
calling get_uri_detail_list() will see it.
"raw_uri" is the URI to be added. The only required parameter.
"types" is an optional hash reference, contents are added to uri_detail_list->{types}
(see get_uri_detail_list for known keys). parsed is default is no hash given.
nocanon does not run uri_list_canonicalize (no redirector, uri fixing). noclean skips
adding uri_detail_list->{cleaned}, so it would not be used in "uri" rule checks, but
domain/hosts would still be used for URIBL/RBL purposes.
"source" is an optional simple string, only used for debug logging purposes to
identify where uri originates from (default: "parsed").
"valid_domain" is an optional boolean (0/1). If true, uri will not be added unless
hostname/domain is in valid format and contains a valid TLD. (default: 0)
$status->clear_test_state()
DEPRECATED, UNNEEDED SINCE 4.0
$status->got_hit ($rulename, $desc_prepend [, name => value, ...])
Register a hit against a rule in the ruleset.
There are two mandatory arguments. These are $rulename, the name of the rule that
fired, and $desc_prepend, which is a short string that will be prepended to the rules
"describe" string in output reports.
In addition, callers can supplement that with the following optional data:
score => $num
Optional: the score to use for the rule hit. If unspecified, the value from the
"Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf" object's "{scores}" hash will be used (a configured
score), and in its absence the "defscore" option value.
defscore => $num
Optional: the score to use for the rule hit if neither the option "score" is
provided, nor a configured score value is provided.
value => $num
Optional: the value to assign to the rule; the default value is 1. tflags
multiple rules use values of greater than 1 to indicate multiple hits. This value
is accessible to meta rules.
ruletype => $type
Optional, but recommended: the rule type string. This is used in the "hit_rule"
plugin call, called by this method. If unset, 'unknown' is used.
tflags => $string
Optional: a string, i.e. a space-separated list of additional tflags to be
appended to an existing list of flags in $self->{conf}->{tflags}, such as: "nice
noautolearn multiple". No syntax checks are performed.
description => $string
Optional: a custom rule description string. This is used in the "hit_rule" plugin
call, called by this method. If unset, the static description is used.
Backward compatibility: the two mandatory arguments have been part of this API since
SpamAssassin 2.x. The optional name=<gtvalue> pairs, however, are a new addition in
SpamAssassin 3.2.0.
$status->rule_ready ($rulename [, $no_async])
Mark an asynchronous rule ready, so it can be considered for meta rule evaluation.
Asynchronous rule is a rule whose eval-function returns undef, marking that it's not
ready yet, expecting results later. $status->rule_ready() must be called later to
mark it ready, alternatively $status->got_hit() also does this. If neither is called,
then any meta rule that depends on this rule might not evaluate.
Optional boolean $no_async skips checking if there are pending async DNS lookups for
the rule.
$status->test_log ($text [, $rulename])
Add $text log entry for a hit rule in final message REPORT/SUMMARY.
Usually called just before got_hit(), to describe for example what URI the rule
matched on. Optional <$rulename> argument is recommended to make sure log is written
to correct rule. If rulename is not provided, get_current_eval_rule_name() is used as
fallback.
Can be called multiple times per rule for additional entries.
$status->create_fulltext_tmpfile (fulltext_ref)
This function creates a temporary file containing the passed scalar reference data.
If no scalar is passed, full/pristine message text is assumed. This is typically used
by external programs like pyzor and dccproc, to avoid hangs due to buffering issues.
All tempfiles are automatically cleaned up by PerMsgStatus destructor.
$status->delete_fulltext_tmpfile (tmpfile)
Will cleanup after a $status->create_fulltext_tmpfile() call. Deletes the temporary
file and uncaches the filename. Generally there no need to call this, PerMsgStatus
destructor cleans up all tmpfiles.
all_from_addrs_domains
This function returns all the various from addresses in a message using
all_from_addrs() and then returns only the domain names.
SEE ALSO
Mail::SpamAssassin(3) spamassassin(1)