Want to start using SpamAssassin?

SpamAssassin runs on a server, and filters spam before it reaches your mailbox. It has been used by nearly every known mail delivery system. Install it yourself today...

I run a mail server

• UsedViaProcmail: Using Procmail with SpamAssassin
• Make use of other anti-spam projects: DnsBlocklists (using DNSBLs), UsingDcc, UsingRazor, and UsingPyzor.
• IntegratedInMta: built into the whole mail-delivery process in the Mail Transfer Agent (sendmail, Exim, Postfix, etc.)
• UsingSiteWide: more about using SpamAssassin site-wide
• SpamAssassin with Qmail-Scanner - Integrate SA into Qmail-Scanner on a Linux PLESK server.
• Spam folder with Procmail - Use procmail to filter spam into a seperate folder server-wide.

I have an account on a server

• SingleUserUnixInstall: single-user installation on a typical Unix account
• UsedViaProcmail: run from the traditional UNIX .procmailrc file
• MailProxy: as a proxy server
• Run against a RemoteImapFolder
• Run against a Remote POP3 Mailbox using dispam http://gentoo-portage.com/mail-filter/disspam .

I have an account on a server, spamassassin is already running but I don't like how it decides what is spam and what is ham

• 1. examine X-Spam headers in several emails to see how spamassassin is evaluating them
  
  • on a shared server with a web interface like cPanel:
    • use the spamassassin panels to view the current configuration.
    • RECORD ALL settings on the various panels.
  • with shell access:
    • ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs contains the user customization configuration.
    • cp ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs_original
• 2. Make a small adjustment to the score on one of the rules.
  • Additional information regarding user_prefs can be found at
  • http://real-world-systems.com/docs/spamassassinConf.html
• 3. Go back to step 1
  
  

Can I just buy something?

• Sure. Many commercial ThirdPartySoftware products use SpamAssassin internally.

Can I use SpamAssassin on other systems

• On Mac OS X: UsingOnOsx
• On Mac OS X Server: SpamAssassin_on_Mac_OS_X_Server
• On Windows: UsingOnWindows

• ImportantInitialConfigItems - A brief list of configuration options you should set when you first install.