IRC

Introduction

Wiki Markup\#spamassassin is an IRC channel hosted at \[http://www.freenode.net/ freenode\] dedicated to online discussion with other [SpamAssassin] users. Now and again, the developers have also been known to chat about development issues on the channel.

Wiki MarkupFreenode \[http://www.freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml servers\] include irc.us.freenode.net, irc.eu.freenode.net, etc. To join, you need an IRC client such as \[http://www.xchat.org/ xchat\], \[http://www.irssi.org/ irssi\], or \[http://www.bitchx.org/ bitchx\].

• irc://irc.us.freenode.net:6667/#spamassassin
• irc://irc.eu.freenode.net:6667/#spamassassin
• irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/#spamassassin
  

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• Before asking a question:
  • Wiki Markupcheck \[http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin\]
  • Wiki Markupcheck the \[http://spamassassin.apache.org/doc.html documentation\], especially \[http://spamassassin.apache.org/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf\] if the answer is probably an option
  • Wiki Markupuse \[http://www.google.com/ Google\] or any other search engine of your choice
• Don't ask to ask, be patient, and state your problem clearly and specifically. Don't speak in vague terms, say exactly what your problem is and what you're trying to do.
• If you're using a front-end for SpamAssassin (such as Amavisd, MailScanner, or spamass-milter) instead of using the "spamassassin" script or "spamc" tool directly, then try to reproduce the issue with just those apps first. The issue may lie with the front-end instead of SpamAssassin itself.
• Wiki MarkupIn general, you're better off asking questions on \[wiki:MailingLists the 'users' mailing list\] instead of IRC; the IRC channel is a secondary forum, and infrequently monitored. If you do ask on IRC, and nobody answers, don't keep asking -- – it's likely that nobody who's on the channel knows the answer, and you'd be better off asking the list.
• Wiki MarkupUse \[http://sial.org/pbot/spamassassin/ the pastebot\] instead of pasting/flooding.