summary on spamassassin custom rule
spamassassin is a good free software to reduce spam. useful link for spamassassin rules :
1. http://www.rulesemporium.com
2. http://daryl.dostech.ca
if you’d like to write your own rules, there are things to remember when creating spamassassin custom rules :
1. rules should be stored in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf for site-wide use
2. spamassassin rules is written with perl regular expressions
3. use phrase rather than word
4. after writing rules, always check for errors with command spamassassin –lint -D
5. rule components are : rule, score, description
example :
body SAMPLE_RULE /the word/
score SAMPLE_RULE 1
describe SAMPLE_RULE it’s an example rule
to match any combination of upper or lower case,put character i at the end of rule :
body SAMPLE_RULE /the word/i
score SAMPLE_RULE 1
describe SAMPLE_RULE it’s an example rule
6. instead of body, we can also use rawbody or header :
rawbody SAMPLE_RULE /the word/i
score SAMPLE_RULE 1
describe SAMPLE_RULE it’s an example rule
header SAMPLE_RULE Subject =~ /the word/i
score SAMPLE_RULE 1
describe SAMPLE_RULE it’s an example rule
header SAMPLE_RULE From =~ /the word/i
score SAMPLE_RULE 1
describe SAMPLE_RULE it’s an example rule
to check all header, use ALL :
header SAMPLE_RULE ALL =~ /the word/i
score SAMPLE_RULE 1
describe SAMPLE_RULE it’s an example rule
