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SpamAssassin

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Tips

Tips for making SpamAssassin work better for you....

• Losing emails?
  • Wiki Markup[FalsePositives]: Is your \["Ham"\] being matched incorrectly as \["Spam"\] Spam?
  • AutoWhitelist: The SpamAssassin AWL - historical score-averaging for each sender
• Spam getting through?
  • UsingNetworkTests: Turning on the network rules to improve accuracy
  • BayesInSpamAssassin: Training the Bayesian learner
  • WritingRules: How to write and test new rules
  • Third party "drop-in" CustomRulesets and CustomPlugins
  • TrustPath: Fixing the "ALL_TRUSTED" problem.
  • RuleUpdates: Using sa-update to publish and/or receive rule updates.
• General info:
  • UpgradingVersion: Upgrading is quick and easy
  • FrequentlyAskedQuestions: General questions, not errors (see FixingErrors for that)
  • FixingErrors: Things that can go wrong and how to fix them

Want to start using SpamAssassin?

SpamAssassin runs on a server, and filters spam before it reaches your mailbox. It has been used by nearly every known mail delivery system. Install it yourself today...

• I run a mail server:
  • UsedViaProcmail: Using Procmail with SpamAssassin
  • Make use of other anti-spam projects: DnsBlocklists (using DNSBLs), UsingDcc, UsingRazor, and UsingPyzor.
  • IntegratedInMta: built into the whole mail-delivery process in the Mail Transfer Agent (sendmail, Exim, Postfix, etc.)
  • UsingSiteWide: more about using SpamAssassin site-wide
    
• I have an account on a server:
  • SingleUserUnixInstall: single-user installation on a typical Unix account
  • UsedViaProcmail: run from the traditional UNIX .procmailrc file
  • MailProxy: as a proxy server
  • Run against a RemoteImapFolder
    
• Can I just buy something?
  • Sure. Many CommercialProducts use SpamAssassin internally.
    
• Can I use SpamAssassin on other systems:
  • On Mac OS X: UsingOnOsx
  • On Windows: UsingOnWindows
    

Want to learn more?

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• Performance Tips:
  • FasterPerformance: DNS resolution, Using Spamd, Other good tips.
  • ChooseYourRules: Everyone's Spam is different
• ThankTheTeam