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When I send myself a mail with: 

echo "test" | mail -n -s "test" user@example.com

I get the following error in /var/log/exim4/mainlog:

Error in system filter: malformed numerical string ""

How can I find the error in the system filter?

if $h_X-Spam_score_int is above 49
    and foranyaddress $recipients ($thisaddress contains "@example.at")
    then
        headers add "Old-Subject: $h_subject"
        headers remove "Subject"
        headers add "Subject: *** SPAM ($header_X-Spam_score points) *** $h_old-subject"
        headers remove "Old-Subject"
        #save /var/mail/suspect_spam
finish endif
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This command gives you the name of the system filter file:

$ /usr/sbin/exim4 -bP system_filter

It's unset by default, so if it contains something, it must be set somewhere in your Exim configuration.

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  • Thank you I have added the system filter to the question.
    – kiatra
    Mar 10, 2017 at 16:28
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    It very much looks like the message had no X-Spam_score_int header. What should have added it? Test this theory by replacing $h_X-Spam_score_int following the if with a literal 50, sending mail again and checking the full headers of the arrived message.
    – Ferenc Wágner
    Mar 11, 2017 at 17:31
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    You are right, I changed the condition to if $h_X-Spam_score_int is not "" and $h_X-Spam_score_int is above 49 to fix the error.
    – kiatra
    Mar 18, 2017 at 23:43

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