Top spam-killer server program SpamAssasin gets new release
Feb 15, 2014, by admin
Summary: If you really hate spam, and you run your own e-mail servers, you’ll be glad to know that Apache has released a new version of its award-winning, open-source anti-spam program SpamAssassin.
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), announced on February 11 to system and e-mail administrators with the release of Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.0, the award winning spam killing and email filtering program.
This is the first new release of SpamAssassin in two years. With this release, the project “continues battling the ever evolving techniques used by spammers with an enterprise-grade release”.
SpamAssassin can be used on a wide variety of e-mail systems including procmail, sendmail, Postfix, qmail, and many others.
To zap spam, SpamAssassin uses a comprehensive set of features and support for email classification including text-based patterns, Bayesian filtering, checksum filters, sender authentication and automated rule channel updates.
In addition SpamAssassin 3.4.0 comes with native IPv6 support, improved DNS Blocklist technology and support for massively-scalable Bayesian filtering using the Redis backend.
Apache SpamAssassin is widely deployed at enterprise organizations around the globe, including national, regional and local ISPs, email service providers, Fortune Global 500 companies as well as small and medium-sized businesses
“SpamAssassin is the centerpiece of our anti-spam solution at the ASF,” said Joseph Schaefer, ASF’s Senior System Administrator.
Features:
Wide-spectrum: SpamAssassin uses a wide variety of local and network tests to identify spam signatures. This makes it harder for spammers to identify one aspect which they can craft their messages to work around.
Free software: it is distributed under the same terms and conditions as other popular open-source software packages such as the Apache web server.
Easy to extend: Anti-spam tests and configuration are stored in plain text, making it easy to configure and add new rules.
Flexible: SpamAssassin encapsulates its logic in a well-designed, abstract API so it can be integrated anywhere in the email stream. The Mail::SpamAssassin classes can be used on a wide variety of email systems including procmail, sendmail, Postfix, qmail, and many others.
Easy Configuration: SpamAssassin requires very little configuration; you do not need to continually update it with details of your mail accounts, mailing list memberships, etc. Once classified, site and user-specific policies can then be applied against spam. Policies can be applied on both mail servers and later using the user’s own mail user-agent application.
