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diff --git a/mail/spamassassin/DESCR b/mail/spamassassin/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6c4a6215c3e --- /dev/null +++ b/mail/spamassassin/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +SpamAssassin is a mail filter which attempts to identify spam using text +analysis and several internet-based realtime blacklists. + +Using its rule base, it uses a wide range of heuristic tests on mail +headers and body text to identify "spam", also known as unsolicited +commercial email. + +Once identified, the mail can then be optionally tagged as spam for later +filtering using the user's own mail user-agent application. + +In its most recent test, SpamAssassin differentiated between spam and +non-spam mail correctly in 99.94% of cases. Since then, it's just been +getting better and better! |