Frequently Asked Questions
See also FixingErrors.
- What's new?
- When is the next version going to be out? NextRelease
- SpamAssassin publicity: InTheNews
- I'm not a spammer!
- How can I avoid our newsletters being marked as spam?: AvoidingFpsForSenders
- I get false positives from Outlook Express 6-forwarded mails: OeSixForwardFps
- How does it work?
- How are the scores assigned?: HowScoresAreAssigned
- Does SpamAssassin filter email-borne viruses as well as spam?: FilteringViruses
- What is the history of SpamAssassin?: SpamAssassinHistory
- Why are the number of stars rounded down yet the score is rounded normally?: RoundingIssues
- Why aren't the SpamAssassin rules updated like a virus scanner?: VirusScannerTypeUpdates
- Using SpamAssassin...
- How do I report spam? ReportingSpam
- How to filter spam mail in Outlook Express: OeFilter
- How can I mark as spam all messages that contain a Windows executable?: MarkingAllWindowsExecutables
- Installation and configuration...
- I sent myself spam and it didn't work / How do I test SpamAssassin?: TestingInstallation
- How do I get SpamAssassin to delete spam and is it a good idea?: DeletingAllMailsMarkedSpam
- Where should I put local-system-specific rules or configuration options?: WhereDoLocalSettingsGo
- How can I change the way SpamAssassin marks up messages it considers to be spam??: ChangingMarkup
- I want to run SpamAssassin for my large site. What specification of mail server do I need?: SitewideServerSpec
- How can I get SpamAssassin to run faster?: FasterPerformance
- How do I tell whether rules in my user_prefs file are active?: UserPrefRuleTest
- How can I install SpamAssassin on Windows? InstallingOnWindows
How do I use SpamAssassin with SQL? ["UsingSQL"]
- Want to contribute?
- I've got some wonderful new rules that would help classify mail messages! How do I contribute them?: ContributingNewRules
- A spam message got through! Can I send it to you so you can update the filters?: DoYouWantMySpam
Something more direct / "tangible"? The [http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/trunk/CREDITS CREDITS] file has some more information per-developer, and/or also consider contributing directly to the [http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html ASF].
- More questions?
- Where should I ask questions that aren't answered here?: AskingQuestions