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# Assp

The Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy (ASSP) Server project aims to create an open source platform-independent SMTP Proxy server which implements auto-whitelists, self learning Bayesian, Greylisting, DNSBL, DNSWL, URIBL, SPF, SRS, Backscatter, Virus scanning, attachment blocking, Senderbase and multiple other filter methods. This page shows how to install ASSP on a TrimSlice

## Features

- Multiple Weighted DNSBLs
- Multiple Weighted URIBLs
- Greylisting
- Weighted Regular Expression Filtering
- Bayesian
- Penalty Box
- SenderBase
- SSL/TLS
- SPF/SRS
- Attachment Blocking
- ClamAV and FileScan
- Blocking Reporting
- LDAP support
- Backscatter Detection
- V2 - recipient replacement / GUI user access rights management
- V2 - MIME charset conversion / DKIM check and signing
- V2 - DB support for all hashes / level based open plugin support
- V2 - transparent proxy support / BATV check and signing
- V2 - Plugins: archive, full attachment check and replacement, OCR
- V2 - damping (steal spammers time)
- V2 - AUTH to relay host / POP3 collector
- V2 - configuration value and file synchronization
- V2 - Block Reports design could be customized
- V2 - Razor2 and DCC support via Plugin
- V2 - SNMP support (monitoring, configuring, controll-API)
- V2 - user group import (file or LDAP or command based)
- V2 - automatic crash analyzer Hidden Markov Model
- V2 - IPv6 socket support
- V2 - word stemming (several languages) for Bayesian analyzer
- V2 - Perl module autoupdate via PPM or CPAN
- V2 - Hidden Markov Model spam detection engine
- V2 - full unicode support

## Installation

### Basic

Install Perl Modules and there dependencies perl-mail-spf-query, perl-email-mime, perl-net-dns, perl-email-send, perl-io-socket-ssl, perl-io-socket-inet6, perl-authen-sasl, perl-berkeleydb, perl-net-cidr-lite available in the Official repositories.

perl-compress-zlib, perl-convert-tnef, perl-net-smtp-tls, perl-sys-meminfo, perl-lingua-stem-snowball and perl-email-valid from AUR.

Install unzip, net-snmp and clamav available in the Official repositories.

### Download ASSP

here

### Create necessary directories

    # mkdir -p /usr/share/assp/{spam,notspam,errors/{spam,notspam}}

### Install files in place

    # cd /usr/share/
    # unzip /path/to/ASSP_<version>_<build>_install.zip
    # rm *.txt

### CPAN

Install Perl Modules via CPAN

    # perl -MCPAN -e shell
    cpan> test File::Scan::ClamAV
    cpan> look File::Scan::ClamAV

edit `clamav.conf`

    Foreground true
    ScanArchive true

    [root@trim File-Scan-ClamAV-1.91-VHJd1I]# make install

    Installing /usr/share/perl5/site_perl/File/Scan/ClamAV.pm
    Installing /usr/share/man/man3/File::Scan::ClamAV.3pm
    Appending installation info to /usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/perllocal.pod

    [root@trim File-Scan-ClamAV-1.91-VHJd1I]# exit

    exit

    cpan> exit

    Terminal does not support GetHistory.
    Lockfile removed.

    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::IP::Match::Regexp'
    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::SenderBase'
    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Tie::RDBM'
    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::Syslog'
    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Time::HiRes'
    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install File::ReadBackwards'
    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Email::MIME::Modifier'
    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Mail::SRS'
    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Sys::Syslog'
    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::LDAP'
    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Unicode::GCString'
    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Thread::State'
    # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Schedule::Cron'

## Configuration

### Start script

    /etc/rc.d/assp

    #!/bin/bash

    . /etc/rc.conf
    . /etc/rc.d/functions

    PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin

    case "$1" in

            start)
                    stat_busy 'Starting the Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy'
                    cd /usr/share/assp
                    perl assp.pl 2>&1 > /dev/null &
                    if [[ $? -gt 0 ]]; then
                            stat_fail
                    else
                            add_daemon assp
                            stat_done
                    fi
            ;;

            stop)
                    stat_busy 'Stopping the Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy'
                    kill -9 `pidof perl assp.pl`
                    if [[ $? -gt 0 ]]; then
                            stat_fail
                    else
                            rm_daemon assp
                            stat_done
                    fi
            ;;

            restart)
                    $0 stop || true
                    $0 start
            ;;

            *)
                    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
                    exit 1
            ;;

    esac
    exit 0

## Start ASSP

### Manually

    # cd /usr/share/assp/
    # perl assp.pl

You can access the ASSP web interface via http://localhost:55555 with username "root" and password "nospam4me".

After successful login at web interface stop the ASSP with `Ctrl+c`. Please check `/usr/share/assp/moduleLoadErrors.txt` for

### Daemon

To start/stop/restart the Daemon manually, please read Performing daemons actions manually, to start at Boot please read Starting on Boot.

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