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Re: spamtest/virustest "NIL" behaviour

2003-04-30 11:47:36


On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 10:48:04AM -0700, 
ned(_dot_)freed(_at_)mrochek(_dot_)com quoted:
It may be OK to do that for spamtest, but I don't think its valid for
virustest. What we could do is:

spamtest value:

0 - unchecked
1 - definitely clear of spam
...
10 - definitely contains spam

virustest value:

0 - definitely clear of viruses
1 - possibly contains a virus/unchecked
2 - definitely contains a virus

That would eliminate NIL entirely.

I like it -- the current situation where NIL sorts at the end is very
awkward.
What do other people think?

Looks like a workable compromise that'll make the world a little safer.
Are we keeping the NIL suffix?  Otherwise I'd ask to have a virustest
number reserved only for untested messages (not for a mix of untested
and unclear).

Keeping the suffix is fine with me.

                                Ned