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Meaning of TO_NO_BRKTS_HTML_IMG in SpamAssassin


I am trying to find out what is the meaning of the flag TO_NO_BRKTS_HTML_IMG in SpamAssassin.

The provided description for it says:

To: lacks brackets and HTML and one image

As far as I understand it means the mail message is in HTML format and contains only one image, but what does "To: lacks brackets" mean?


Solution

  • Also ran into this problem and digged in the source code of spamassassin and found this:

    meta       __TO_NO_BRKTS_HTML_IMG  __TO_NO_ARROWS_R && !__TO_UNDISCLOSED && HTML_MESSAGE && __ONE_IMG
    meta       TO_NO_BRKTS_HTML_IMG    __TO_NO_BRKTS_HTML_IMG && !__FM_TO_ALL_NUMS && !__FROM_FULL_NAME && !__HAS_THREAD_INDEX && !__DKIM_EXISTS && !__HAS_SENDER && !__THREADED && !__LONGLINE 
    describe   TO_NO_BRKTS_HTML_IMG    To: lacks brackets and HTML and one image
    score      TO_NO_BRKTS_HTML_IMG    2.000   # limit
    tflags     TO_NO_BRKTS_HTML_IMG    publish
    

    So, a single image in a email and a missing name in the to field seems to trigger this. To be more concrete, this happens, when: