SpamAssassin’s Y2K10 — Whoops, We Did It Again

“If you’re running SpamAssassin, you should make sure that you
update it forthwith, to avoid a 2010 bug problem. Specifically, the
rule

FH_DATE_PAST_20XX

“(which is intended to look for dates grossly in the future)
matches on any year between 2010 and 2099. Obviously 2010 is a
ridiculous far-future date. (Where is my flying car?) However,
since we have, bizarrely, made it this far into the future, this
rule will catch perfectly legitimately dated mail.”

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