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[Spamassassin Wiki] Update of "StartUsing" by DGerman
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add "but I don't like ...; change firest level bullets to title2
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Spam``Assassin 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:'''
+ == I run a mail server ==
* UsedViaProcmail: Using Procmail with Spam``Assassin
* 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.)
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* [http://blog.netweblogic.com/linux/mail/qmail-scanner-linux-plesk/ SpamAssassin with Qmail-Scanner] - Integrate SA into Qmail-Scanner on a Linux PLESK server.
* [http://blog.netweblogic.com/linux/mail/filter-spam-folder-procmail-qmail-plesk/ Spam folder with Procmail] - Use procmail to filter spam into a seperate folder server-wide.
- * '''I have an account on a server:'''
+ == 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
+ * 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.
+
+ 3. Go back to step 1
+
+ Additional information regarding user_prefs can be found at
+ http://Real-World-Systems.com/docs/spamassassin_conf.html
+
+
- * '''Can I just buy something?'''
+ == Can I just buy something? ==
* Sure. Many commercial ThirdPartySoftware products use Spam``Assassin internally.
- * '''Can I use Spam``Assassin on other systems:'''
+ == Can I use Spam``Assassin on other systems ==
* On Mac OS X: UsingOnOsx
* On Mac OS X Server: ["SpamAssassin_on_Mac_OS_X_Server"]
* On Windows: UsingOnWindows