How to Install and Uninstall spamassassin.src Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: July 04,2024

1. Install "spamassassin.src" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install spamassassin.src on Oracle Linux 8


    
        
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2. Uninstall "spamassassin.src" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall spamassassin.src on Oracle Linux 8:


    
        
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3. Information about the spamassassin.src package on Oracle Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : spamassassin
Version : 3.4.6
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : src
Size : 6.3 M
Source : None
Repository : ol8_appstream
Summary : Spam filter for email which can be invoked from mail delivery agents
URL : https://spamassassin.apache.org/
License : ASL 2.0
Description : SpamAssassin provides you with a way to reduce if not completely eliminate
: Unsolicited Commercial Email (SPAM) from your incoming email. It can
: be invoked by a MDA such as sendmail or postfix, or can be called from
: a procmail script, .forward file, etc. It uses a genetic-algorithm
: evolved scoring system to identify messages which look spammy, then
: adds headers to the message so they can be filtered by the user's mail
: reading software. This distribution includes the spamd/spamc components
: which create a server that considerably speeds processing of mail.
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: To enable spamassassin, if you are receiving mail locally, simply add
: this line to your ~/.procmailrc:
: INCLUDERC=/etc/mail/spamassassin/spamassassin-default.rc
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: To filter spam for all users, add that line to /etc/procmailrc
: (creating if necessary).