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
- Why use rules? Statistical filters are the future!: WhyUseRules
- Shouldn't the rules be kept secret?: PublicRules
- 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
- I'm seeing error messages! How do I fix them?: FixingErrors
- What debug channels are available?: DebugChannels
- Installation and configuration...
I have installed SpamAssassin and my maillog is giving me errors as follows.
*Jul 21 04:20:20 **** spamd[51057]: Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin/Message/Metadata/Received.pm line 356, <GEN1023> line 27.
*Jul 21 04:20:20 **** spamd[51057]: Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin/Message/Metadata/Received.pm line 356, <GEN1023> line 27.
*Jul 21 04:20:21 **** spamd[51057]: Use of uninitialized value in exists at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/URIDNSBL.pm line 718.
*I have found that in addition to a missing Net::DNS module from cpan this can also be caused by incorrect permissions on the /usr/local/lib.perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Net directory. In my case directories set to mod 755 and files set to 444 fixed this problem.- 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
- I upgraded to SpamAssassin 3.0.x and suddenly subject rewriting stopped working!: SubjectRewrite
- How can I install SpamAssassin on Windows? InstallingOnWindows
How do I use SpamAssassin with SQL? ["UsingSQL"]
- How do I send data to a SeparateLogFile ?
- What tools are available to help me see which rules are hitting and how efficient those rules are? StatsAndAnalyzers
- How do I setup Mutt to use procmail and SpamAssassin?: UsingMutt
- Want to contribute?
- I've got some wonderful new rules that would help classify mail messages! How do I contribute them?: ContributingNewRules
- I have a great idea for an anti-phishing rule, detecting links that claim to be linking to a different URL than their real target! AntiPhishFakeUrlRule
- A spam message got through! Can I send it to you so you can update the filters?: DoYouWantMySpam
- A non-spam message got flagged as spam. Should I send it to you?: DoYouWantMyHam
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]. (thanks, it's much appreciated!)
- More questions?
- Where should I ask questions that aren't answered here?: AskingQuestions