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SpamAssassin Cookbook

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Chef cookbook to install and configure SpamAssassin, a mail filter software to identify spam.

Requirements

Supported Platforms

This cookbook has been tested on the following platforms:

  • Amazon Linux
  • CentOS
  • Debian
  • Fedora
  • openSUSE
  • Oracle Linux
  • RedHat
  • SUSE
  • Ubuntu

Please, let us know if you use it successfully on any other platform.

Required Applications

  • Ruby >= 1.9.3

Attributes

Attribute Default Description
node['spamassassin']['spamc']['path'] calculated SpamAssassin client binary path.
node['spamassassin']['spamd']['path'] calculated SpamAssassin daemon binary path.
node['spamassassin']['spamd']['user'] 'spamd' SpamAssassin user.
node['spamassassin']['spamd']['group'] 'spamd' SpamAssassin group.
node['spamassassin']['spamd']['lib_path'] calculated SpamAssassin library path.
node['spamassassin']['spamd']['enabled'] true SpamAssassin daemon enabler flag.
node['spamassassin']['spamd']['options'] calculated SpamAssassin daemon option arguments.
node['spamassassin']['spamd']['pidfile'] '/var/run/spamd.pid' SpamAssassin daemon pid file.
node['spamassassin']['spamd']['nice'] nil SpamAssassin daemon nice scheduling priority.
node['spamassassin']['conf']['rewrite_headers'] calculated An array of rewrite headers.
node['spamassassin']['conf']['report_safe'] true SpamAssassin report_safe enabler flag.
node['spamassassin']['conf']['trusted_networks'] nil Network or hosts that are considered trusted.
node['spamassassin']['conf']['lock_method'] 'flock' File-locking method used to protect database files on-disk.
node['spamassassin']['conf']['required_score'] 5 Score required before a mail is considered spam.
node['spamassassin']['conf']['use_bayes'] true Whether to use the naive-Bayesian-style classifier.
node['spamassassin']['conf']['bayes_auto_learn'] true Whether SpamAssassin should automatically feed high-scoring mail.
node['spamassassin']['conf']['bayes_ignore_headers'] [] Headers ignored by the naive-Bayesian-style classifier.
node['spamassassin']['conf']['plugins'] [] A hash to configure SpamAssassin plugins (see the example below).

Plugin Example

node.default['spamassassin']['conf']['plugins']['shortcircuit'] = [
  {
    'USER_IN_WHITELIST' => 'on',
    'USER_IN_DEF_WHITELIST' => 'on',
    'USER_IN_ALL_SPAM_TO' => 'on',
    'SUBJECT_IN_WHITELIST' => 'on',

    'USER_IN_BLACKLIST' => 'on',
    'USER_IN_BLACKLIST_TO' => 'on',
    'SUBJECT_IN_BLACKLIST' => 'on',

    'ALL_TRUSTED' => 'on',

    'BAYES_99' => 'spam',
    'BAYES_00' => 'ham'
  }
]

Recipes

onddo-spamassassin::default

Installs SpamAssassin client and Daemon.

Usage Examples

Including in a Cookbook Recipe

Running it from a recipe:

# Required_score is set to 5 by default, change it:
node.default['spamassassin']['conf']['required_score'] = 4
include_recipe 'onddo-spamassassin::default' # or include it in your run-list

Don't forget to include the onddo-spamassassin cookbook as a dependency in the metadata.

# metadata.rb
# [...]

depends 'onddo-spamassassin'

Including in the Run List

Another alternative is to include the default recipe in your Run List.

{
  "name": "mail.example.com",
  "[...]": "[...]",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[onddo-spamassassin]"
  ]
}

Testing

See TESTING.md.

Contributing

Please do not hesitate to open an issue with any questions or problems.

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

TODO

See TODO.md.

License and Author

Author: Xabier de Zuazo ([email protected])
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2015, Xabier de Zuazo
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Onddo Labs, SL.
License: Apache License, Version 2.0
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

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