What is SpamAssassin in Linux?

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.

How do you test for SpamAssassin?

Replace [email protected] with your email address on the machine running SpamAssassin. If this message is caught by the filter, by default you will receive a message (see Figure 3.16) from SpamAssassin telling you about the spam message.

How SpamAssassin works?

SpamAssassin uses a points-based system called “hits” to label spam. When it finds particular characteristics in an email it assigns a point value. These ‘characteristics’ can include everything from words and topics commonly found in spam emails, to malicious code, and even custom values you set yourself.

How do I install SpamAssassin on Windows?

To install SpamAssassin as a Windows Service:

  1. If necessary, download and install SpamAssassin for Windows.
  2. Download and install AlwaysUp, if necessary.
  3. Start AlwaysUp.
  4. Select Application > Add to open the Add Application window:
  5. On the General tab:

How do I configure SpamAssassin?

How to Configure SpamAssassin to Move Spam to Junk Folder (Spam Box)

  1. Click the ‘Spam Filters’ link on the main cPanel dashboard. Click on “Spam Filters”
  2. Toggle the ‘Move New Spam to a Separate Folder (Spam Box)’ option. Toggle the “Move New Spam to a Separate Folder (Spam Box)” to “on.”
  3. Configure Spam Box Settings.

How do I set up SpamAssassin?

1. Install SpamAssassin

  1. Connect to your server with SSH.
  2. Install SpamAssassin. $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install spamassassin spamc -y.
  3. Add a SpamAssassin user and disable the login. $ sudo adduser spamd –disabled-login.

What is SpamAssassin score?

The SpamAssassin score tells us how likely an email is to be spam. Each test has a number associated with it, often a small number like 0.1 or –0.2. As messages are analyzed, the software keeps a running total, adding the individual test results to produce a combined score.

How do I install SpamAssassin?

Where is the SpamAssassin configuration file?

Configuration File Locations The SpamAssassin configuration files live by default in /usr/share/spamassassin and /etc/mail/spamassassin.

What is SpamAssassin in cPanel?

Apache SpamAssassin is a user-friendly email utility which examines incoming mail for different spam characteristics. It uses various network tests and spam filtering to get an overall score in order to decide whether the mail should be considered as spam or not.

How do I fix my SpamAssassin score?

Pay attention to text:image ratio SpamAssassin (as well as other filters) don’t particularly like emails full of images, though. They don’t dramatically increase the score (we scored an extra 0.8 points for a low text:image ratio), but if you’re aiming for a lower score, it’s one of the most obvious things to tackle.