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SpamAssassin for Mac

Server side spam email blocker.

Free
In English
Version 3.4.4
3.7
Based on 7 user rates

SpamAssassin overview

SpamAssassin is a mail filter which attempts to identify spam using a variety of mechanisms including text analysis, Bayesian filtering, DNS blocklists, and collaborative filtering databases.

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.

SpamAssassin typically differentiates successfully between spam and non-spam in between 95% and 100% of cases, depending on what kind of mail you get and your training of its Bayesian filter. Specifically, SpamAssassin has been shown to produce around 0.9% false negatives (spam that was missed) and around 0.1% false positives (ham incorrectly marked as spam). See the rules/STATISTICS*.txt files for more information.

What’s new in version 3.4.4

Version 3.4.4:
  • CVE-2020-1931 for Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands with warnings.
  • CVE-2020-1930 for Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands with sa-compile.

SpamAssassin for Mac

Free
In English
Version 3.4.4
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3.7

(10 Reviews of SpamAssassin)

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Emale999
Emale999
May 29 2016
3.3.2
0.5
May 29 2016
0.5
Version: 3.3.2
Something seem wrong with this download: It only downloads the creepy "MacUpdate Installer". Where's the "deadlink"-Button?
Sanjinko
Sanjinko
Mar 5 2012
3.3.1
0.0
Mar 5 2012
0.0
Version: 3.3.1
SpamAssassin 3.3.2 has been released on 16 June 2011
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Jun 13 2007
3.2.1
0.0
Jun 13 2007
0.0
Version: 3.2.1
This is NOT an application that can simply be placed in your applications folder and then launch it and configure it for your pop mail account in mail.app First you have to install the developer tools and then use Terminal to go through all kinds of permutations and commands. This app is for the users who know how to use Unix and are one of the brave and fearless. Unfortunately I am not one of them although I have dabbled with Fink and X11 I am depite all my years of experience with my Macs an ingenue and dilittente nevertheless. More power to those who can use this!
Foulger
Foulger
May 2 2007
3.2
0.0
May 2 2007
0.0
Version: 3.2
Great Product - worthy of a UB upgrade. Thanks to the developer for providing this essential tool free of charge.
Brian Kendig
Brian Kendig
Apr 29 2005
3.0.3
4.8
Apr 29 2005
4.8
Version: 3.0.3
SpamAssassin is superb, especially when paired up with a mail server that makes good use of it. I have a Mac OS X 10.3.9 machine (not Server) on which I run the Exim mail server software, hooked up to SpamAssassin via SA-Exim. It's all free software. The mail server uses SpamAssassin to identify spam before it's accepted, so that it can refuse delivery. The result is that the spam never even appears in my junk mail folder; it's refused before it even gets to me.
Emale999
Emale999
May 29 2016
0.5
May 29 2016
0.5
Version: null
ecomimi
ecomimi
Mar 5 2013
3.0
Mar 5 2013
3.0
Version: null
Jhegeman
Jhegeman
Aug 11 2012
4.5
Aug 11 2012
4.5
Version: null
Brian Kendig
Brian Kendig
Apr 29 2005
4.8
Apr 29 2005
4.8
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Sep 22 2004
4.3
Sep 22 2004
4.3
Version: null
Constantin
Constantin
Sep 22 2004
4.5
Sep 22 2004
4.5
Version: null
J-Mueller-MacUpdate
J-Mueller-MacUpdate
Dec 10 2003
4.3
Dec 10 2003
4.3
Version: null