Revision as of 16:09, 3 February 2008

Important Note

Please note that these manual installation instructions should only be used on Ubuntu distributions, such as Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 server, the distribution the document was written for. If you install Scalix on an unsupported platform, this invalidates your ability to receive Scalix support. Thank you for your understanding and compliance.

This document might be inaccurate and under construction. Do not trust this document.

Configuring Spamassassin on Ubuntu 7.10 Server (Gutsy Gibbon)

As Ubuntu 7.10 is an unsupported platform there is currently no manual describing the configuration of spamassassin (an advanced spam filtering solution) to be used with Scalix. As I managed to get Scalix it up and running and I already documented and shared this with the community (here), I thought it would be useful to share my experiences regarding the spamassassin configuration as well.

So below you'll find a how-to that describes the configuration of spamassassin to be used with Scalix on a Ubuntu 7.10 server.

Spamassassin is a computer program released under the Apache License 2.0 used for e-mail spam filtering based on content-matching rules, which also supports DNS-based, checksum-based and statistical filtering, supported by external programs and online databases.

I used several sources of information on the web. I listed the ones I can remember at the end of the document under Sources.

Applicable Environments

These Installation instructions have been tested with

• Scalix CE 11.3.0
• Ubuntu 7.10 Server (Gutsy Gibbon)

They might not apply unmodified to any other version of Scalix or Ubuntu.

Install the spamassassin software

Spamassassin is Open Source Software available on the internet here. Under Ubuntu we have a package available that can be installed directly with apt-get. So install the spamassassin package:

sudo apt-get install spamassassin spamass-milter

Configure spamassassin

Sources

• http://spamassassin.apache.org
• http://www.scalix.com/wiki/index.php?title=HowTos/SpamAssassin
• http://www.scalix.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8561&highlight=ubuntu
• http://www.scalix.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8879&highlight=spamassassin
• http://www.scalix.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6862&highlight=inputmailfilter
• http://www.yrex.com/spam/spamconfig.php
• http://www.scalix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Manual_Installation_Ubuntu_Gutsy

The author

The origin for this document was written by Max Wiertz. As a Scalix newbie, I invested a lot of work in getting Scalix together with spamassassin to work for me on Ubuntu. I felt like sharing this with all of you, so you can probably take advantage of it.

If you have any questions, remarks, comments or suggestions regarding this document, do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail: mailto:max_DOT_wiertz_AT_gmail_DOT_com.