http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/ UK, PHP, MySQL, MS SQL, Frontpage, eCommerce, Web, Linux, Windows, HTML, Website, Hosting, Plesk, Cpanel Hosting tutorials & UK Hosting News. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:46:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-3884 Web Hosting Reviews Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:18:30 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-3884 SpamAssassin wins 'Best Linux-based Anti-spam Solution' at the Linux New Media Awards 2006, winning 69% of the vote . More details at http://spamassassin.apache.org/ . SpamAssassin wins ‘Best Linux-based Anti-spam Solution’ at the Linux New Media Awards 2006, winning 69% of the vote . More details at http://spamassassin.apache.org/ .

]]> http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-3694 Web Hosting Services » What is Spam Assassin and How it is work ? Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:30:16 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-3694 [...] What is Spam Assassin? The SpamAssassin system is software for analyzing email messages, determining how likely they are to be spam, and reporting its conclusions. It is a rule-based system that compares different parts of email messages with a large set of rules. Each rule adds or removes points from a message’s spam score. A message with a high enough score is reported to be spam. Spam Assassin is a e-mail spam filtering system that sits side by side with account with us to help block, mark or filter out mail you don’t want. [...] [...] What is Spam Assassin? The SpamAssassin system is software for analyzing email messages, determining how likely they are to be spam, and reporting its conclusions. It is a rule-based system that compares different parts of email messages with a large set of rules. Each rule adds or removes points from a message’s spam score. A message with a high enough score is reported to be spam. Spam Assassin is a e-mail spam filtering system that sits side by side with account with us to help block, mark or filter out mail you don’t want. [...]

]]> http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-2282 » How spamassassin works. | WebHosting UK Tutorials | Web Hosting UK Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:28:28 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-2282 [...] –> There are several ways that SpamAssassin makes up its mind about a message: –> The message headers can be checked for consistency and adherence to Internet standards (e.g., is the date formatted properly?). –> The headers and body can be checked for phrases or message elements commonly found in spam (e.g., “MAKE MONEY FAST” or instructions on how to be removed from future mailings)-in several languages. –> The headers and body can be looked up in several online databases that track message checksums of verified spam messages. –> The sending system’s IP address can be looked up in several online lists of sites that have been used by spammers or are otherwise suspicious. –> Specific addresses, hosts, or domains can be blacklisted or whitelisted. A whitelist can be automatically constructed based on the sender’s past history of messages. –> SpamAssassin can be trained to recognize the types of spam that you receive by learning from a set of messages that you consider spam and a set that you consider non-spam. (SpamAssassin and the spam-filtering community often refer to non-spam messages as ham. ) –> The sending system’s IP address can be compared to the sender’s domain name using the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) protocol (http://spf.pobox.com) to determine if that system is permitted to send messages from users at that domain. This feature requires SpamAssassin 3.0. –> SpamAssassin can privilege senders who are willing to expend some extra computational power in the form of Hashcash (http://www.hashcash.org). Spammers cannot do these computations and still send out huge amounts of mail rapidly. This feature requires SpamAssassin 3.0. [...] [...] –> There are several ways that SpamAssassin makes up its mind about a message: –> The message headers can be checked for consistency and adherence to Internet standards (e.g., is the date formatted properly?). –> The headers and body can be checked for phrases or message elements commonly found in spam (e.g., “MAKE MONEY FAST” or instructions on how to be removed from future mailings)-in several languages. –> The headers and body can be looked up in several online databases that track message checksums of verified spam messages. –> The sending system’s IP address can be looked up in several online lists of sites that have been used by spammers or are otherwise suspicious. –> Specific addresses, hosts, or domains can be blacklisted or whitelisted. A whitelist can be automatically constructed based on the sender’s past history of messages. –> SpamAssassin can be trained to recognize the types of spam that you receive by learning from a set of messages that you consider spam and a set that you consider non-spam. (SpamAssassin and the spam-filtering community often refer to non-spam messages as ham. ) –> The sending system’s IP address can be compared to the sender’s domain name using the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) protocol (http://spf.pobox.com) to determine if that system is permitted to send messages from users at that domain. This feature requires SpamAssassin 3.0. –> SpamAssassin can privilege senders who are willing to expend some extra computational power in the form of Hashcash (http://www.hashcash.org). Spammers cannot do these computations and still send out huge amounts of mail rapidly. This feature requires SpamAssassin 3.0. [...]

]]> http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-1843 Bob Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:06:22 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-1843 Spamassain help it configured properly, however I think it should constantly tweaked with new rules to catch ever evolving spam as spammer are smart enough. Spamassain help it configured properly, however I think it should constantly tweaked with new rules to catch ever evolving spam as spammer are smart enough.

]]> http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-1783 Outsourcing Hosting Support Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:57:12 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-1783 I would suggest to use spam assassin with a gpl OCR plugin. I would suggest to use spam assassin with a gpl OCR plugin.

]]> http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-1758 Ann Hoff Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:05:00 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-1758 Using Captchas can minimize in certain level the computer generated spamming. Using Captchas can minimize in certain level the computer generated spamming.

]]> http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-1506 Corporate website hosting Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:12:17 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-1506 Spamassassin is an e-mail spam filtering system that sits side by side with account with us to help block, mark or filter out mail you don’t want. It can be activated from Cpanel, under the “Mail” box section. Spamassassin is an e-mail spam filtering system that sits side by side with account with us to help block, mark or filter out mail you don’t want. It can be activated from Cpanel, under the “Mail” box section.

]]> http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-1401 » Mail failure due to spamd | Web Hosting Tutorials | Web Hosting Service | Linux Hosting Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:51:20 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-1401 [...] 1.Go to WHM >> Tweak settings & disable Spamassassin 2.Go to Service Manager & disable spamd 3. # service exim restart [...] [...] 1.Go to WHM >> Tweak settings & disable Spamassassin 2.Go to Service Manager & disable spamd 3. # service exim restart [...]

]]> http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-1346 uk servers Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:39:06 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-1346 [...] What is Spam Assassin? The SpamAssassin system is software for analyzing email messages, determining how likely they are to be spam, and reporting its conclusions. It is a rule-based system that compares different parts of email messages with a large set of rules. Each rule adds or removes points from a message’s spam score. A message with a high enough score is reported to be spam. Spam Assassin is a e-mail spam filtering system that sits side by side with account with us to help block, mark or filter out mail you don’t want. [...] [...] What is Spam Assassin? The SpamAssassin system is software for analyzing email messages, determining how likely they are to be spam, and reporting its conclusions. It is a rule-based system that compares different parts of email messages with a large set of rules. Each rule adds or removes points from a message’s spam score. A message with a high enough score is reported to be spam. Spam Assassin is a e-mail spam filtering system that sits side by side with account with us to help block, mark or filter out mail you don’t want. [...]

]]> http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-1345 web hosting Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:37:51 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-1345 [...] –> There are several ways that SpamAssassin makes up its mind about a message: –> The message headers can be checked for consistency and adherence to Internet standards (e.g., is the date formatted properly?). –> The headers and body can be checked for phrases or message elements commonly found in spam (e.g., “MAKE MONEY FAST” or instructions on how to be removed from future mailings)-in several languages. –> The headers and body can be looked up in several online databases that track message checksums of verified spam messages. –> The sending system’s IP address can be looked up in several online lists of sites that have been used by spammers or are otherwise suspicious. –> Specific addresses, hosts, or domains can be blacklisted or whitelisted. A whitelist can be automatically constructed based on the sender’s past history of messages. –> SpamAssassin can be trained to recognize the types of spam that you receive by learning from a set of messages that you consider spam and a set that you consider non-spam. (SpamAssassin and the spam-filtering community often refer to non-spam messages as ham. ) –> The sending system’s IP address can be compared to the sender’s domain name using the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) protocol (http://spf.pobox.com) to determine if that system is permitted to send messages from users at that domain. This feature requires SpamAssassin 3.0. –> SpamAssassin can privilege senders who are willing to expend some extra computational power in the form of Hashcash (http://www.hashcash.org). Spammers cannot do these computations and still send out huge amounts of mail rapidly. This feature requires SpamAssassin 3.0. [...] [...] –> There are several ways that SpamAssassin makes up its mind about a message: –> The message headers can be checked for consistency and adherence to Internet standards (e.g., is the date formatted properly?). –> The headers and body can be checked for phrases or message elements commonly found in spam (e.g., “MAKE MONEY FAST” or instructions on how to be removed from future mailings)-in several languages. –> The headers and body can be looked up in several online databases that track message checksums of verified spam messages. –> The sending system’s IP address can be looked up in several online lists of sites that have been used by spammers or are otherwise suspicious. –> Specific addresses, hosts, or domains can be blacklisted or whitelisted. A whitelist can be automatically constructed based on the sender’s past history of messages. –> SpamAssassin can be trained to recognize the types of spam that you receive by learning from a set of messages that you consider spam and a set that you consider non-spam. (SpamAssassin and the spam-filtering community often refer to non-spam messages as ham. ) –> The sending system’s IP address can be compared to the sender’s domain name using the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) protocol (http://spf.pobox.com) to determine if that system is permitted to send messages from users at that domain. This feature requires SpamAssassin 3.0. –> SpamAssassin can privilege senders who are willing to expend some extra computational power in the form of Hashcash (http://www.hashcash.org). Spammers cannot do these computations and still send out huge amounts of mail rapidly. This feature requires SpamAssassin 3.0. [...]

]]> http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-1174 hosting uk Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:17:02 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-1174 Hey.. nice post. Especially the user_prefs file helps me a lot. Thanks for sharing <a href="http://linux-tweaks.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> this </a> . :) Hey.. nice post. Especially the user_prefs file helps me a lot. Thanks for sharing this .

]]> http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-1173 web hosting Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:16:12 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-1173 Hey.. nice post. Especially the user_prefs file helps me a lot. Thanks for sharing this. :) Hey.. nice post. Especially the user_prefs file helps me a lot. Thanks for sharing this.

]]> http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/spamassassin-2/#comment-1163 Edward Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:20:54 +0000 http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/09/28/spamassassin-2/#comment-1163 Yeah its totally configurable; I like the ability of setting rules that you can be able to select which rules you want to use. Yeah its totally configurable; I like the ability of setting rules that you can be able to select which rules you want to use.

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