Basic Configuration
SpamAssassin allows for very flexible configuration. This page contains those configuration parameters that almost everyone will want to consider using as they install or begin using SpamAssasssin.
Server Configuration
These parameters should be placed into the server-wide local.cf configuration file.
Bayes
use_bayes (0|1)
0 = no 1 = yes
This enables using Bayes. Do you want this?, should you use it for your
application?, make sure you know if you need/want this or not before
installing.
Auto-Whitelist
use_auto_whitelist (0|1)
This enables using Auto-Whitelist factor. Read the description above for bayes
and ask the same questions.
Network Tests
dns_available (yes|no|test)
default = test
This enables or disables using dns (disables network tests if set to no).
Setting this to no has side effects of turning of a lot of helpful tests. If
available always set this to yes.
User Configuration
These configuration parameters should be placed into user-specific $HOME/.spamassassin/user_prefs configuration files (or the SQL equivalents).