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SpamAssassin is a mail filter to identify spam.
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Using its rule base and optional network sources (DNS-based lists and
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collaborative spam-tracking databases), it carries out a wide range of
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heuristic tests on mail headers and body text to identify "spam", also
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known as unsolicited commercial email.
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Once identified, the mail can then be optionally tagged as spam for
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later filtering using the user's own mail user-agent application.
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SpamAssassin requires very little configuration; you do not need
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to continually update it with details of your mail accounts, mailing
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list memberships, etc. It accomplishes filtering without this
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knowledge, as much as possible.
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Read ${PREFIX}/share/doc/SpamAssassin/README
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for further installation instructions.
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Or if you are in a hurry you can read:
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${PREFIX}/share/doc/SpamAssassin/OpenBSD-SpamAssassin-mini-howto.html
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The SpamAssassin Wiki is available at <http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin>
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and contains up-to-date information on configuring SpamAssassin, and using
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some of the more advanced features of it.
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