FW: ANNOUNCE: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 is released

[Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions]

Daniel Quinlan wrote:
> Apache Software Foundation Announces SpamAssassin 3.0 Release
>
> Forest Hill, MD - September 22, 2004 -- The Apache Software
> Foundation is pleased to announce the release of SpamAssassin
> 3.0.  SpamAssassin 3.0 contains a number of new technologies
> designed to protect against the changing techniques used by
> spammers.  This is the first SpamAssassin release as an
> Apache Software Foundation project and under the Apache
> License.  The release is available from the Apache
> SpamAssassin web site
> (http://spamassassin.apache.org/) via the Apache mirror network.
>
> SpamAssassin 3.0 delivers many new features including support
> for sender authentication using the Sender Policy Framework
> (SPF), checking for web links of known spam advertisers, a
> modular plugin architecture, improved SQL database support
> for storing user data in server installations, and improved email
> classification.
>
> SpamAssassin's practical multi-technique approach,
> modularity, and extensibility continue to give it an
> advantage over other anti-spam systems.  Due to these
> advantages, SpamAssassin is widely used in all aspects of
> email management.  You can readily find SpamAssassin in use
> in both email clients and servers, on many different
> operating systems, filtering incoming as well as outgoing
> email, and implementing a very broad range of policy actions.
>  These installations include service providers, businesses,
> not-for-profit and educational organizations, and end-user
> systems.  SpamAssassin also forms the basis for numerous
> commercial anti-spam products available on the market today.
>
> About SpamAssassin
>
> SpamAssassin is an intelligent email filter which uses a
> diverse range of tests to identify unsolicited bulk email,
> more commonly known as "spam".
> These tests are applied to email headers and content to
> classify email using advanced statistical methods.  In
> addition, SpamAssassin has a modular architecture that allows
> other technologies to be quickly wielded against spam and is
> designed for easy integration into virtually any email system.
>
> About the Apache Software Foundation
>
> The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational,
> legal, and financial support for a broad range of open source
> software projects.  As a US 501(c)(3) public charity, the
> Foundation provides an established framework for
> contributions of both intellectual property and funding for
> the support of open source software development.  Through a
> collaborative and meritocratic development process, Apache
> projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely available software
> products for the public benefit, attracting large communities
> of users and enabling future innovation, both commercial and
> individual, through its pragmatic Apache License.
>
> Press Contact:
>
>   press at apache.org
>
> --
> Daniel Quinlan                     ApacheCon! 13-17 November (3
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Mr Michele Neylon
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd
Hosting, co-location & domains
http://www.blacknight.ie/
Tel. +353 59 9137101

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