Description
Book SynopsisSpamAssassin (SA), the leading open source spam-fighting tool, is free, flexible, powerful, highly-regarded, and remarkably effective. Until now, it was SpamAssassin lacked published documentation. This clear, concise new guide provides the expertise you need to take back your inbox.
Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introducing SpamAssassin How SpamAssassin Works; Organization of SpamAssassin Mailers and SpamAssassin The Politics of Scanning 2. SpamAssassin Basics Prerequisites; Building SpamAssassin Invoking SpamAssassin with procmail; Using spamc/spamd Invoking SpamAssassin in a Perl Script; SpamAssassin and the End User 3. SpamAssassin Rules The Anatomy of a Test Modifying the Score of a Test Writing Your Own Tests The Built-in Tests Whitelists and Blacklists; 4. SpamAssassin as a Learning System Autowhitelisting; Bayesian Filtering 5. Integrating SpamAssassin with sendmail; Spam-Checking at Delivery Spam-Checking During SMTP; Building a Spam-Checking Gateway 6. Integrating SpamAssassin with Postfix Postfix Architecture Spam-Checking During Local Delivery Spam-Checking All Incoming Mail Building a Spam-Checking Gateway 7. Integrating SpamAssassin with qmail; qmail Architecture Spam-Checking During Local Delivery; Spam-Checking All Incoming Mail Building a Spam-Checking Gateway; 8. Integrating SpamAssassin with Exim Spam-Checking via procmail; Spam-Checking All Incoming Mail Using Routers and Transports; Using exiscan Using sa-exim Building a Spam-Checking Gateway; 9. Using SpamAssassin as a Proxy Using Pop3proxy Using SAproxy Pro Appendix Index