Spamassassin - Command Line Test Email

sa-testemail.bash

#!/bin/bash
def_filename="test.eml"
tmp1="/tmp/emailresults.txt"
tmp2="/tmp/emailresults.log"
usage="
$(basename "$0") [-h] [mailmessage]

Send email through Spamassassin manually and view output

  Flags:
         -h            Show this help
         mailmessage   Filename of the email to be tested (default: ./${def_filename})

"

# test user data:

if [ "$1" == "-h" ] || [ "$1" == "" ] ; then
  printf "$usage"
  exit 0
fi

if ! test -f "$1" ; then
  printf "\n \"${1}\" not found. Exiting.\n\n"
  exit 0
fi

# execute:

( spamassassin -D < $1 2>&1 > "$tmp1" ) > "$tmp2"

# display results

#show results
less "$tmp1"

#show sa log
less "$tmp2"