SpamAssassin 3.4.0: The Most Advanced Weapon to Fight Off Spam

Spamming is killing email. Yes, it has turned out to be the major source of worry for most email users, who are into email marketing. So, if you are an email marketer, stay away from spamming, as it may jeopardize your marketing campaign. Sending unsolicited and unwanted commercial emails to people may not be the best option to market your product.

So, those who hate span and run their own email servers will be glad to know that the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has recently announced the release of new version Spam Assassin that will be called Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.0. The Apache’s SpamAssassin is the award-winning email filtering and spam killing program.

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The software foundation has released the SpamAssassin first time in two years. Kevin A. McGrill releases a statement saying, “The project continues battling the ever evolving techniques used by spammers with an enterprise-grade release.The number one feature of SpamAssassin is the proven classification scoring framework that allows system administrators to use new ideas to improve email classification, thereby making SpamAssassin timeless."

SpamAssassin is compatible with a number of email systems, which include procmail, sendmail, Postfix, qmail, and several others.

In order to control spam, the program makes use of a wide set of features and support for classification that comprises of text-based patterns, checksum filters, automated rule channel updates, Bayesian filtering, sender authentication. Additionally, it comes with native IPv6 support, improved DNS Blocklist technology and offers support for Bayesian filtering using the Redis backend for zapping spam. With the help of this multi-step approach, the SpamAssassin 3.4.0 brilliantly catches the spam and avoids labeling genuine emails as spam.

The Apache SpamAssassin is widely used by the enterprise organizations across the globe, including national, regional and local ISPs, Fortunate Global 500 companies, SMEs, email service providers, education sector, governments and individual email users. Joseph Schaefer, Senior System Administrator at ASF, says, “SpamAssassin is the centerpiece of our anti-spam solution at the ASF. We receive roughly half a million connections a day, directed primarily at our mailing lists, and manage to remain almost entirely spam free, thanks SpamAssassin!"

Moreover, it is very easy to set up and manage this spam control program. The software foundation also offers daily rule updates to detect latest spam trend, Olympics-related male "enhancement" e-mail, in messages before users are bugged by them.

So, if you want your inbox to be spam-free, the Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.0 is the most advanced tool to keep your inbox clean.