spamassassin

SPAMASSASSIN(1p)      User Contributed Perl Documentation     SPAMASSASSIN(1p)

NAME
       spamassassin - extensible email filter used to identify spam

DESCRIPTION
       SpamAssassin is an intelligent email filter which uses a diverse range
       of tests to identify unsolicited bulk email, more commonly known as
       "spam".  These tests are applied to email headers and content to
       classify email using advanced statistical methods.  In addition,
       SpamAssassin has a modular architecture that allows other technologies
       to be quickly wielded against spam and is designed for easy integration
       into virtually any email system.

SYNOPSIS
       For ease of access, the SpamAssassin manual has been split up into
       several sections.  If you're intending to read these straight through
       for the first time, the suggested order will tend to reduce the number
       of forward references.

       Extensive additional documentation for SpamAssassin is available,
       primarily on the SpamAssassin web site and wiki.

       You should be able to view SpamAssassin's documentation with your
       man(1) program or perldoc(1).

   OVERVIEW
           spamassassin              SpamAssassin overview (this section)

   CONFIGURATION
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf  SpamAssassin configuration files

   USAGE
           spamassassin-run          "spamassassin" front-end filtering script
           sa-learn                  train SpamAssassin's Bayesian classifier
           spamc                     client for spamd (faster than spamassassin)
           spamd                     spamassassin server (needed by spamc)

   DEFAULT PLUGINS
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AskDNS
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AutoLearnThreshold
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Bayes
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::BodyEval
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Check
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::DKIM
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::DNSEval
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::FreeMail
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::HTMLEval
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::HTTPSMismatch
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::HeaderEval
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ImageInfo
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::MIMEEval
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::MIMEHeader
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Pyzor
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Razor2
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::RelayEval
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ReplaceTags
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SPF
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SpamCop
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDetail
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIEval
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::VBounce
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::WLBLEval
           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::WhiteListSubject

WEB SITES
           SpamAssassin web site:     http://spamassassin.apache.org/
           Wiki-based documentation:  http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/

USER MAILING LIST
       A users mailing list exists where other experienced users are often
       able to help and provide tips and advice.  Subscription instructions
       are located on the SpamAssassin web site.

CONFIGURATION FILES
       The SpamAssassin rule base, text templates, and rule description text
       are loaded from configuration files.

       Default configuration data is loaded from the first existing directory
       in:

       /var/lib/spamassassin/3.004004
       /usr/share/spamassassin
       /usr/share/spamassassin
       /usr/local/share/spamassassin
       /usr/share/spamassassin

       Site-specific configuration data is used to override any values which
       had already been set.  This is loaded from /etc/spamassassin.

       From those directories, SpamAssassin will first read files ending in
       ".pre" in lexical order and then it will read files ending in ".cf" in
       lexical order (most files begin with two numbers to make the sorting
       order obvious).

       In other words, it will read init.pre first, then 10_default_prefs.cf
       before 50_scores.cf and 20_body_tests.cf before 20_head_tests.cf.
       Options in later files will override earlier files.

       Individual user preferences are loaded from the location specified on
       the "spamassassin", "sa-learn", or "spamd" command line (see respective
       manual page for details).  If the location is not specified,
       ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs is used if it exists.  SpamAssassin will
       create that file if it does not already exist, using
       user_prefs.template as a template.  That file will be looked for in:

       /etc/spamassassin
       /usr/etc/mail/spamassassin
       /usr/share/spamassassin
       /etc/spamassassin
       /etc/mail/spamassassin
       /usr/local/share/spamassassin
       /usr/share/spamassassin

TAGGING
       The following two sections detail the default tagging and markup that
       takes place for messages when running "spamassassin" or "spamc" with
       "spamd" in the default configuration.

       Note: before header modification and addition, all headers beginning
       with "X-Spam-" are removed to prevent spammer mischief and also to
       avoid potential problems caused by prior invocations of SpamAssassin.

   TAGGING FOR SPAM MAILS
       By default, all messages with a calculated score of 5.0 or higher are
       tagged as spam.

       If an incoming message is tagged as spam, instead of modifying the
       original message, SpamAssassin will create a new report message and
       attach the original message as a message/rfc822 MIME part (ensuring the
       original message is completely preserved and easier to recover).

       The new report message inherits the following headers (if they are
       present) from the original spam message:

       From: header
       To: header
       Cc: header
       Subject: header
       Date: header
       Message-ID: header

       The above headers can be modified if the relevant "rewrite_header"
       option is given (see "Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf" for more information).

       By default these message headers are added to spam:

       X-Spam-Flag: header
           Set to "YES".

       The headers that added are fully configurable via the "add_header"
       option (see "Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf" for more information).

       spam mail body text
           The SpamAssassin report is added to top of the mail message body,
           if the message is marked as spam.

   DEFAULT TAGGING FOR ALL MAILS
       These headers are added to all messages, both spam and ham (non-spam).

       X-Spam-Checker-Version: header
           The version and subversion of SpamAssassin and the host where
           SpamAssassin was run.

       X-Spam-Level: header
           A series of "*" characters where each one represents a full score
           point.

       X-Spam-Status: header
           A string, "(Yes|No), score=nn required=nn tests=xxx,xxx
           autolearn=(ham|spam|no|unavailable|failed)" is set in this header
           to reflect the filter status.  For the first word, "Yes" means spam
           and "No" means ham (non-spam).

       The headers that added are fully configurable via the "add_header"
       option (see "Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf" for more information).

INSTALLATION
       The spamassassin command is part of the Mail::SpamAssassin Perl module.
       Install this as a normal Perl module, using "perl -MCPAN -e shell", or
       by hand.

       Note that it is not possible to use the "PERL5LIB" environment variable
       to affect where SpamAssassin finds its perl modules, due to limitations
       imposed by perl's "taint" security checks.

       For further details on how to install, please read the "INSTALL" file
       from the SpamAssassin distribution.

DEVELOPER DOCUMENTATION
           Mail::SpamAssassin
               Spam detector and markup engine

           Mail::SpamAssassin::ArchiveIterator
               find and process messages one at a time

           Mail::SpamAssassin::AutoWhitelist
               auto-whitelist handler for SpamAssassin

           Mail::SpamAssassin::Bayes
               determine spammishness using a Bayesian classifier

           Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStore
               Bayesian Storage Module

           Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStore::SQL
               SQL Bayesian Storage Module Implementation

           Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::LDAP
               load SpamAssassin scores from LDAP database

           Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::Parser
               parse SpamAssassin configuration

           Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::SQL
               load SpamAssassin scores from SQL database

           Mail::SpamAssassin::Message
               decode, render, and hold an RFC-2822 message

           Mail::SpamAssassin::Message::Metadata
               extract metadata from a message

           Mail::SpamAssassin::Message::Node
               decode, render, and make available MIME message parts

           Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgLearner
               per-message status (spam or not-spam)

           Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus
               per-message status (spam or not-spam)

           Mail::SpamAssassin::PersistentAddrList
               persistent address list base class

           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin
               SpamAssassin plugin base class

           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Hashcash
               perform hashcash verification tests

           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::RelayCountry
               add message metadata indicating the country code of each relay

           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SPF
               perform SPF verification tests

           Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL
               look up URLs against DNS blocklists

           Mail::SpamAssassin::SQLBasedAddrList
               SpamAssassin SQL Based Auto Whitelist

BUGS
       See <http://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/>

AUTHORS
       The SpamAssassin(tm) Project <http://spamassassin.apache.org/>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       SpamAssassin is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, as
       described in the file "LICENSE" included with the distribution.

       Copyright (C) 2015 The Apache Software Foundation

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