Welcome to SpamAssassin

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SpamAssassin is a mature, widely-deployed open source project that serves as a mail filter to identify spam, also known as unsolicited commercial email (UCE)Spam. SpamAssassin uses a variety of mechanisms including header and text analysis, Bayesian filtering, DNS blocklists, and collaborative filtering databases.

Our Collaborative Manual: The SpamAssassin community has created this collaborative documentation using a Wiki. These pages are edited by the community, and replace the previous FAQ.

Editing pages: Due to wiki spam, you will not be able to edit pages on this wiki until you create a user profile for yourself using the UserPreferences page. Also, please create a HomePage for yourself with your email address on it so you can be contacted if needs be.

What's new?

• Wiki Markup
  [SpamAssassin] is now an \[http://www.apache.org/ Apache Project\]

• LogoContest: design the new SpamAssassin logo!
  

Learning about SpamAssassin:

• Setting up SpamAssassin...
  • UsingSpamAssassin: ways to use SpamAssassin, tools etc.
  • UsedViaProcmail: using Procmail with SpamAssassin
  • Make use of other anti-spam projects: DnsBlocklists (using DNSBLs), UsingDcc, UsingRazor, and UsingPyzor.
  • FrequentlyAskedQuestions: general questions about SpamAssassin, not errors (see FixingErrors for that)
  • FixingErrors: things that can go wrong and how to fix them
• Losing emails?
  • FalsePositives: non-spam mails being matched incorrectly as spam
  • AutoWhitelist: the SpamAssassin AWL
• Spam getting through?
  • BayesInSpamAssassin: training SpamAssassin's Bayesian learner
  • WritingRules: how to write and test new rules
  • CustomRulesets: Third party "drop-in" addon rulesets
  • CustomPlugins: Third party "drop-in" plugins for SpamAssassin 3.0 and later
• Learn more:
  • BooksAboutSpamAssassin: Published books that discuss SpamAssassin.
  • http://spamassassin.org/
    

Get Involved:

SpamAssassin runs on a server, and filters spam before it reaches your mailbox. Read more about SpamAssassin.

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Spamassassin Help

• How to Start Using SpamAssassin: a quick guide
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Using Spamassassin already? Tips and Tricks and other Documentation
• Integrating Spamassassin with your Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)
• Mailing Lists and other methods of contacting us
• Testimonials - We all love SpamAssassin
• Third-Party Software for SpamAssassin (plugins, rulesets)
• Other Tricks for getting rid of spam

Get Involved

Want to be part of the process and contribute to the development of SpamAssassin software or SpamAssassin documentation? You to can become part of the team. Here's how:

• We love Volunteers - You can help improve SpamAssassin
• Development Information for
• WeLoveVolunteers: areas where you can help improve SpamAssassin
• ThirdPartySoftware for SpamAssassin
• DevelopmentStuff: Stuff of interest to developers and those interested in the development processEdit these Wiki pages.
  

Standard Wiki Front Page Stuff

A WikiWikiWeb is a collaborative hypertext environment, with an emphasis on easy access to and modification of information. This one runs on MoinMoin.

You can edit any page by pressing the link at the bottom of the page. Capitalized words joined together form a WikiName, which hyperlinks to another page. The highlighted title searches for all pages that link to the current page. Pages which do not yet exist are linked with a question mark: just follow the link and you can add a definition.

To learn more about what a WikiWikiWeb is, read about MoinMoin:WhyWikiWorks and the MoinMoin:WikiNature. Also, consult the MoinMoin:WikiWikiWebFaq.

Interesting starting points:

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Starting Points: FAQs, List of labels used for pages in this online manual, and Information about installing.

Editing This Wiki

Help edit our Wiki - You can edit these pages! Send a brief request to the dev@ list to be given edit access to the wiki including your wiki username. No mailing list subscription required.

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