Integrating amavisd-new Into Postfix For Spam- And Virus-Scanning | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials

This article shows how to integrate amavisd-new into a Postfix mail server for spam- and virus-scanning. amavisd-new is a high-performance interface between MTAs such as Postfix and content checkers: virus scanners, and/or SpamAssassin.

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SpamAssassin 3.1.8 released

SpamAssassin 3.1.8 was released. SpamAssassin is the leading spamfilter written in Perl. This is a maintenance and security release of the 3.1.x branch. It is highly recommended that people upgrade to this version. This latest update covers, amongst other things, the following:

bug 5318: fix for CVE-2007-0451: possible DoS due to incredibly long URIs [...]

SpamAssassin 3.1.7

New version of the antispam server software SpamAssassin is available:

Version 3.1.7:

Version 3.1.7 is a “quick-fix” release; it contains only a fix for one bug, introduced accidentally in 3.1.6:

bug 5119: if admins had set rule scores in the site configuration in /etc, sa-update would fail. Back out this change

Version 3.1.6:

Version [...]

SpamAssassin 3.1.5 released

SpamAssassin is a mature, widely-deployed open source project that serves as a mail filter to identify Spam. SpamAssassin uses a variety of mechanisms including header and text analysis, Bayesian filtering, DNS blocklists, and collaborative filtering databases. SpamAssassin runs on a server, and filters spam before it reaches your mailbox 

3.1.5 includes a large number of [...]