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- Table of Contents
- + Preface
- + Introducing SpamAssassin
- + SpamAssassin Basics
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SpamAssassin Rules
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SpamAssassin as a Learning System
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Integrating SpamAssassin with sendmail
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Integrating SpamAssassin with Postfix
- + Integrating SpamAssassin with qmail
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Integrating SpamAssassin with Exim
- Spam-Checking via procmail
- Spam-Checking All Incoming Mail
- + Using Routers and Transports
- + Using exiscan
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Using sa-exim
- Buiding sa-exim for Static Integration
- Building sa-exim for Dynamic Integration
- Configuring SpamAssassin for sa-exim
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Configuring sa-exim
- Choosing messages on which to run SpamAssassin
- Choosing messages on which to take antispam actions
- Limiting how much of the message is fed to SpamAssassin
- Allowing SpamAssassin to rewrite message bodies
- Archiving messages when actions are taken
- Passing SMTP senders and recipients to SpamAssassin
- Setting a timeout on spamc
- Handling messages that cause sa-exim errors
- Teergrubing
- Accepting and discarding spam
- Rejecting spam
- Temporarily failing spam
- Archiving accepted spam
- Archiving non-spam messages
- Debugging sa-exim
- Using Per-User Preferences
- + Building a Spam-Checking Gateway
- + Using SpamAssassin as a Proxy
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Resources
- Index
The annoyance factor for individual users whose email is crammed with pitches for pornography, absurd moneymaking schemes, and dubious health products is fierce. But for organizations, the cost of spam in lost productivity and burned bandwidth is astronomical. While society is grappling with a solution to the burgeoning crisis of spam proliferation, the pressure is on system administrators to find a solution to this massive problem in-house. And fast.
Sys admins can field scores of complaints and spend months testing software suites that turn out to be too aggressive, too passive, or too complicated to setup only to discover that SpamAssassin (SA), the leading open source spam- fighting tool, is free, flexible, powerful, highly-regarded, and remarkably effective. The drawback? SpamAssassin's lack of published documentation.
SpamAssassin by Alan Schwartz, is the only published resource devoted to SpamAssassin and how to integrate it effectively into your networks. This clear, concise guide clarifies the installation, configuration, and use of the SpamAssassin spam-checking system (versions 2.63 and 3.0) for Unix system administrators using the Postfix, Sendmail, Exim, or qmail mail servers, helping administrators make the right integration decision for their particular environments.
It covers concrete advice on how to:
Customize SpamAssassin's rules, and even create new ones Train SpamAssassin's Bayesian classifier, a statistical engine for detecting spam, to optimize it for the sort of email that you typically receive
Block specific addresses, hosts, and domains using third-party blacklists like the one maintained by Spamcop.net.
Whitelist known good sources of email, so that messages from clients, coworkers, and friends aren't inadvertently lost.
Configure SpamAssassin to work with newer spam-filtering methods such as Hashcash (www.hashcash.org) and Sender Policy Framework (SPF).
Sys admins, network administrators, and ISPs pay for spam with hours of experimentation and tedious junk email management, frayed user tempers, and their sanity. SpamAssassin, together with this essential book, give you the tools you need to take back your organization's inboxes.
"Detailed, accurate and informative--recommended for spam-filtering beginners and experts alike." --Justin Mason, SpamAssassin development team
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Computers > Networking > General
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Publication year : 2008
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 478
