Couple of things: - You mention "squid proxy" below. That's a proxy server which serves up things like HTTP and FTP. It's not mail software per se. Are your users accessing their e-mail from a mail service you provide or some sort of outside provider like Yahoo or MSN (hotmail)? If it's an outside provider, then there may not be much you can do to help out your users.
- On some Linux distributions, Spamassassin may be pre-installed (I think. I've always downloaded the latest, so don't recall exactly if there was a pre-installed version.) In that case, you just need to read the SA installation docs. and try it out. - Spamassassin gets used in a lot of different configurations. Some are very complicated, some are simple. There's a learning curve. Start simple. Try it out in your own user account, or a test account that receives lots of spam first. - Spamassassin is written in Perl, and even though you don't need to be a Perl programmer to use SA (it helps, when you want to customize it), it is helpful to know something about Perl modules, CPAN, and the typical methods used to install software written in Perl. - Some people use SA along with another piece of spam-fighting software called Vipul's Razor. Razor is written in Perl, and at least the version I use is a little hairy to install because it needs lots of additional Perl moducles, and the installation process has a few steps. Save Razor for later, after you've got SA working. - Spamassassin is often used in conjunction with a mail filtering program, procmail. If that's the way you plan on using it, you'll need to learn something about procmail, if you aren't already using it. Procmail can also be complicated to use and administrate. - You won't do your users any favors if you install SA in a fashion that possibly bounces or deletes a lot of their real mail. Thus, it is important to iron out the bugs and understand the system in some detail first. And, if you let them tweak their SA settings (from something simple like turning it off/on, to something complicated like adding their own filters and white lists) you'll have to put in place the mechanisms to let them do this, and you'll have to educate them. Doubly so, if part of the solution includes procmail. - The short answer: 1. Go here: http://eu.spamassassin.org/doc.html and read the docs. 2. Go here: http://eu.spamassassin.org/downloads.html and download version 2.55 in a form suitable for your installation. 3. Unpack the distribution, or install the source rpm's, then follow the steps in the INSTALL file. 4. Use SA only for your account or for a few understanding/trusted users until you convince yourself you've got the bugs in your installation worked out. -----Original Message----- From: Frank Chibesakunda Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 8:00 AM Need urgent help on how to install spamassasin, am running squid proxy server but i have a lot of spam mail coming through to my users. Am very new to spamassasin so please give me a step by step procedure ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. If flattening out C++ or Java code to make your application fit in a relational database is painful, don't do it! Check out ObjectStore. Now part of Progress Software. http://www.objectstore.net/sourceforge _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
