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NEW RELEASE, SpamAssassin Trainer, v3.03, now in Zip format

(update 2017: all downloads will be available at github as of 2016) I’ve released version 3.03 of my SpamAssassin trainer script, sa-trainer.cgi to the general public. Changes include a bug fix with detecting the globalham@yourdomain.com Email account for scanning ham messages, a change in how add-on domains are handled, and including the code for doing a callback to iandouglas.com for checking for a newer version of the code. The first page of the full documentation includes a PayPal donation button if you’d like to say thanks for the work and effort I’ve put into this.

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NEW RELEASE: SpamAssassin trainer, v3.02

I’ve released version 3.02 of my SpamAssassin trainer script, sa-trainer.cgi to the general public. The first page of the full documentation used to include a PayPal donation button if you’d like to say thanks for the work and effort I’ve put into this. A second donation button was there if you want personal support to install the script - I will call you on the phone to discuss your needs, configure and install the script, and teach you how to run it for only $20US.

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I'm a SpamAssassin Evangelist

When I started web hosting many years ago, I had to battle spam for other people for the first time. No longer did I have time to write to every ISP, trace every IP address, send nasty-grams, and get lots of confirmations back from sysadmins ... When I started web hosting many years ago, I had to battle spam for other people for the first time. No longer did I have time to write to every ISP, trace every IP address, send nasty-grams, and get lots of confirmations back from sysadmins that accounts had been suspended or cancelled.

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