IRC

Introduction

\[irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/#spamassassin #spamassassin\] 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.

Freenode \[http://www.freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml servers\] include \[irc://irc.us.freenode.net:6667/#spamassassin irc.us.freenode.net\], \[irc://irc.eu.freenode.net:6667/#spamassassin irc.eu.freenode.net\], etc.  To join, you need an IRC client such as \[http://www.xchat.org/ xchat\], \[http://www.irssi.org/ irssi\], or \[http://www.bitchx.org/ bitchx\].

Basic rules

• Before asking a question:

  • check \[http://wiki.spamassassin.org/ wiki.spamassassin.org\]

  • check the \[http://spamassassin.org/doc.html documentation\], especially \[http://spamassassin.org/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf\] if the answer is probably an option

  • use \[http://www.google.com/ Google\] 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.
• There aren't that many people on the channel, so please don't waste our time if you're not using the "spamassassin" script or "spamc", ask on spamassasin-users list where there are more people and someone might be running the same front-end as you.

• Use \[http://sial.org/pbot/spamassassin/ the pastebot\] instead of pasting/flooding