---
name: "Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Reuse"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "spamassassin"
version: "4.0.2-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Reuse"
---

# Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Reuse(3pm)

For reusing old rule hits during a mass-check

## NAME

Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Reuse - For reusing old rule hits during a mass-check

## SYNOPSIS

```
  loadplugin    Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Reuse
  ifplugin      Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Reuse
  reuse NETWORK_RULE [ NETWORK_RULE_OLD_NAME ]
  run_reuse_tests_only 0/1
  endif
```

## DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this plugin is to work in conjunction with **mass-check** **--reuse** to map rules hit in input messages to rule hits in the mass-check output.

run\_reuse\_tests\_only 1 is special option for spamassassin/spamd use. Only reuse flagged tests will be run. It will also \_enable\_ network/DNS lookups. This is mainly intended for fast mass processing of corpus messages, so they can be properly reused later. For example:\
   spamd --pre="loadmodule Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Reuse" \\\
     \--pre="run\_reuse\_tests\_only 1" ... Such dedicated spamd could be scripted to add X-Spam-Status header to messages efficiently.