SpamAssassin Wiki

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SpamAssassin is a mature, widely-deployed open source project that serves as a mail filter to identify spam, also known as unsolicited commercial email (UCE). SpamAssassin uses a variety of mechanisms including header and text analysis, Bayesian filtering, DNS blocklists, and collaborative filtering databases.

Our Collaborative Manual: The SpamAssassin community has created this collaborative documentation using a Wiki. These pages are edited by the community, and replace the previous FAQ.

What's new?

• SpamAssassin is now an [http://www.apache.org/ Apache Project]

• LogoContest: design the new SpamAssassin logo!
  

Learning about SpamAssassin:

• UsingSpamAssassin: ways to use SpamAssassin, tools etc.
• FalsePositives: non-spam mails being matched incorrectly as spam
• FixingErrors: things that can go wrong and how to fix them
• FrequentlyAskedQuestions: general questions about SpamAssassin, not errors (see FixingErrors for that)
• BayesInSpamAssassin: training SpamAssassin's Bayesian learner
• AutoWhitelist: the SpamAssassin AWL
• DnsBlocklists: using DNSBLs with SpamAssassin
• UsingDcc: using DCC with SpamAssassin
• UsingRazor: using Razor with SpamAssassin
• UsingPyzor: using Pyzor with SpamAssassin
• UsedViaProcmail: using Procmail with SpamAssassin
• WritingRules: how to write and test new rules
• CustomRulesets: Third party "drop-in" addon rulesets
• CustomPlugins: Third party "drop-in" plugins for SpamAssassin 3.0 and later
• BooksAboutSpamAssassin: Published books that discuss SpamAssassin.
  

Get Involved:

• WeLoveVolunteers: areas where you can help improve SpamAssassin
• ThirdPartySoftware for SpamAssassin
• DevelopmentStuff: Stuff of interest to developers and those interested in the development process
• Edit these Wiki pages.

Note: If you edit pages here, please create a HomePage for yourself with your email address on it so you can be contacted if needs be.

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A WikiWikiWeb is a collaborative hypertext environment, with an emphasis on easy access to and modification of information. This one runs on MoinMoin.

You can edit any page by pressing the link at the bottom of the page. Capitalized words joined together form a WikiName, which hyperlinks to another page. The highlighted title searches for all pages that link to the current page. Pages which do not yet exist are linked with a question mark: just follow the link and you can add a definition.

To learn more about what a WikiWikiWeb is, read about MoinMoin:WhyWikiWorks and the MoinMoin:WikiNature. Also, consult the MoinMoin:WikiWikiWebFaq.

Interesting starting points:

• RecentChanges: see where people are currently working
• HelpForBeginners: to get you going
• WikiSandBox: feel free to change this page and experiment with editing
• FindPage: search or browse the database in various ways.