SpamAssassin is a computer program released under the Apache License 2.0 used for e-mail spam filtering based on content-matching rules.
Questions tagged [spamassassin]
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route all spam to a specific account with amavisd-new and SpamAssassin
I've just set up an MTA using postfix, amavisd-new and SpamAssassin (and ClamAV but not relevant for this question). This MTA sits in front of our mail server and handles scanning of mail for spam and viruses prior to delivery on to our actual mail…

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Outgoing mail runs into a series of spamd errors
I've got a mail setup using postfix and dovecot, with spamassassin, clamav and amavis. Incoming mail contains the correct X-Spam* headers and everything appears to be operating more or less correct, except for a few erros when sending outgoing…

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Whitelist WeTransfer in Spamassassin
trying to whitelist wetransfer emails in spamassassin but somehow doesn't work, conf lines:
whitelist_from_rcvd *@email.wetransfer.com wetransfer.com
whitelist_from_rcvd *=mydomain.com@email.wetransfer.com …

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Does sending out spam rejections contribute to being labeled a spammer?
If someone sends me spam, with a from/return say gmail address, and my spam software attempts to return it after rejecting it - will gmail not see my server as spammer it self? I ask because it seems my IP is getting limited for high levels of…

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amavis/spamassassin not processing URIBL_DBL_SPAM or RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS - SOMETIMES
I have a mail server set up using iRedMail, which uses postfix, mysql for virtual domains, amavis-new, spamassassin, and a few other tools.
There is a lot of spam that is getting through the spam filter, but when I run the message through…

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Postfix, SpamAssasin force delivery of false positives on incoming e-mail
I'm using Postfix 2.11.3 and SpamAssasin version 3.4.0 to handle e-mail for a domain. I have several incoming messages that are marked as spam and that ended up in the hold queue.
I inspected by hand the messages and figured it that they are not…

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How to configure an email server so that outgoing emails are not classified as spam
How to configure an email server so that outgoing emails are not classified as spam? I've spent the entire day on this and I'm puzzled by the results I'm getting.
Among other things, I have:
Added DNS record for SPF: v=spf1 mx a ptr…

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Email tagged as SPAM
I'm making a mail-list with Mailman on Ubuntu Server.
The main domain of my server is DOMAIN1.FR, but my mail-list is ticsve@DOMAIN2.FR.
I think I've made all things to do but my emails are tagged as SPAM.
This is the Port25.com analysis of a mail…

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Spamassassin doesn't filter out all high score mails
Some mails with high score passes to users mailboxes even if many of the same spam messages gets filtered out correctly to server's spambox.
Here is one example:
Mail correctly filtered as spam
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:08:33 +0300 From: Erich…

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Service to test outgoing mail for SPF/DKIM/SRS validity?
We're setting up a redirection-based mail server with a lot of complex moving parts, including the standard ones that apply to everyone like SPF/TLS as well as the more complex ones needed to ensure redirect mail gets accepted like SMTP…

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Spamassassin does not start on ubuntu server
After installing Spamassassin on my Ubuntu server, it does not start and gives this error:
: not found/spamassassin: 3: /etc/default/spamassassin:
: not found/spamassassin: 6: /etc/default/spamassassin:
: not found/spamassassin: 9:…

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Spamassassin and Dovecot mdbox Compatibility
So I'm thinking of using Dovecot's mdbox format for storing mail, however I'll also be using Spamassassin and need to be able to pass it a folder of e-mails for its filters to be applied to.
Can this be done from the mdbox format directly? If not,…

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Scan outgoing Postfix email for spam with Spamassassin
Is there a way to filter outgoing Postfix email for spam possibly with Spamassassin?
I found this answer about how to do it with Amavis but it's terribly outdated.

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Postfix: reject mail, but still deliver or archive in a folder for spam analysis
I'm using Postfix and Spamassassin, and Postfix is rejecting incoming mail that fall into spam rules. Mail are then forwarded to different relays based on many factors.
Is there a way to archive rejected mails somewhere for spam analysis/training,…

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EXIM - send message copy with big spam_score
I'm trying to setup mail relay.
I want to send message copy with spam_score greater than SPAM_SCORE_THRESHOLD.
But the rule is not working, and it send copies even with spam_score lower than SPAM_SCORE_THRESHOLD.
What is wrong with my…

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