Docs: Add a note about the maximum spam bar length

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 238598229812472de4dc2dbc414c82bb7b2a2dd2..e1eaf3f70e973613a2a165889f000cdd4751d340 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -31165,7 +31165,8 @@ The integer value is useful for numeric comparisons in conditions.
 A string consisting of a number of &"+"& or &"-"& characters, representing the
 integer part of the spam score value. A spam score of 4.4 would have a
 &$spam_bar$& value of &"++++"&. This is useful for inclusion in warning
-headers, since MUAs can match on such strings.
+headers, since MUAs can match on such strings. The maximum length of the
+spam bar is 50 characters.
 
 .vitem &$spam_report$&
 A multiline text table, containing the full SpamAssassin report for the

diff --git a/src/src/spam.h b/src/src/spam.h
index 05ab655dedee41ae7d5e74c717d7f67440fc71de..2fe73809ef5703f9ee78dfd03b673091827a8991 100644 (file)
--- a/src/src/spam.h
+++ b/src/src/spam.h
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 /* timeout for reading and writing spamd */
 #define SPAMD_TIMEOUT 120
 
-/* maximum length of the spam bar */
+/* maximum length of the spam bar, please update the
+ * spec, the max length is mentioned there */
 #define MAX_SPAM_BAR_CHARS 50
 
 /* SHUT_WR seems to be undefined on Unixware ? */