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Re: How to Install SpamAssassin on Fedora?

From Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: How to Install SpamAssassin on Fedora?
Date 2025-02-15 01:06 +0000
Organization Deepwoods Software
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At Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:41:14 -0000 (UTC) Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:47:24 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:
> 
> > I figure the tool of choice is spamassassin, but where do I find a
> > reasonably simple how-to guide?
> 
> Last I looked, it was a service that individual users had to configure 
> (e.g. via procmail) for filtering their own mail -- the normal setup did 
> not automatically filter everything coming in for all users.

It is possible to set up mimedefang as a "milter" (with either sendmail or
Postfix, maybe other MTAs) and mimedefang can use spamassassin as a spam
checker and possibly reject spam at the "door".

I have been using spamassassin+mimedefang with both sendmail (CentOS 5) and
Postfix (CentOS 6, CentOS7, and now Debian 12). Works quite well, sometimes
works too well, esp. when legit companies (and sometimes government agencies)
us really bad web progreammers or crufty hosting providers that send legit 
that looks like spam.  Arg...

>                   
> 

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How to Install SpamAssassin on Fedora? Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-02-14 21:47 +0000
  Re: How to Install SpamAssassin on Fedora? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-14 22:53 +0100
    Re: How to Install SpamAssassin on Fedora? Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-02-14 22:39 +0000
      Re: How to Install SpamAssassin on Fedora? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-02-15 00:44 +0000
  Re: How to Install SpamAssassin on Fedora? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2025-02-14 17:17 -0500
    Re: How to Install SpamAssassin on Fedora? Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-02-14 22:45 +0000
      Re: How to Install SpamAssassin on Fedora? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2025-02-15 01:06 +0000
  Re: How to Install SpamAssassin on Fedora? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-02-14 23:41 +0000
    Re: How to Install SpamAssassin on Fedora? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2025-02-15 01:06 +0000

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