SpamAssassin: Effective e-mail filter

SpamAssassin is an effective email filter to check spam mail for windows.

To check spam it uses variety of filter mechanism including text analysis, DNS block lists and filtering database technique. However, this is more suited for advanced users. SpamAssassin is a project made by apache software foundation (ASF) and was adopted for windows. When its features combine with mail transfer agent, it works as very effective anti spam solution.

SpamAssassin

Features of SpamAssassin

• SpamAssassin having less configuration.
• It uses wide variety of tests like local and network to identify spam signatures.
• It is flexible and easy to extend.
• Anti spam tests and configuration are stored in plain text, that makes easy to configure and add new rules.
• It has a well-defined logic, an abstract API.
• Its classes can be used on various email system including send mail, postfix, qmail, etc.
• No need to update regularly with details of your mail account.
• Once the spam as been classified user specific policies can be applied against spam.
• Policies can be applied on both mail servers and user agent application.

SpamAssassin has a modular structure and is designed for easy integration into virtually any system. It contains several modules and a large collection of plug-ins that make the filter effective. SpamAssassin has a modular structure and virtually integrates into any system.  The working of SpamAssassin is very simple and uses powerful set of PERL program.  It can be used by client and servers as well on any different operating system.