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diff --git a/network/spamassassin/README b/network/spamassassin/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f0558e3253 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/spamassassin/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +spamassassin - perl e-mail filter to identify spam + +Spamassassin is an intelligent email filter which uses a diverse range +of tests to identify unsolicited bulk email, more commonly known as Spam. +These tests are applied to email headers and content to classify email using +advanced statistical methods. It has a modular architecture that allows +other technologies to be quickly wielded against spam and is designed for +easy integration into virtually any email system. + +spamassassin requires: +- for basic functions, perl-digest-sha1, perl-net-dns and perl-html-parser. +- for sa-compile (to compile regex into c code): re2c. +- for sa-update (to update spamassassin rules): libwww-perl. +All required packages are available from SlackBuilds.org. + +For advanced functions it may rely on other (optional) perl modules. |