Quick Start for Windows
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Windows Installation
- Download and install the latest version of Active State's Active Perl (the latest version of 5.8). As you move through the installation wizard, select the option "Add Perl to the Path environment variable", unless you are experienced with specifying and troubleshooting absolute file paths.
- Click on Start → Programs → Activestate Perl 5.x.x build ### → Perl Package Manager.
- At the PPM (Perl Package Manger) command line, type "query *" and make a note of which of the following modules are not installed. (Note: Not all modules are mandatory, but it is recommended that you install all of the modules. If all modules are not installed, the Perl process may use 99% of the processor time).
- Compress::Zlib
- Digest::MD5
- Email::Valid
- File::ReadBackwards
- Mail::SPF::Query
- Mail::SRS
- Net::DNS
- Net::Syslog
- Tie::RDBM
- Time::HiRes
- Win32::Daemon - see install note below
- From the Windows command prompt, type "ppm install" and then the module name (as listed above) to install new modules:
C:\> ppm install Module::Name
Note: By default, the install command will install the modules and all dependencies from the default Perl repositories. However, because the Win32::Daemon module is not available from the public repositories, it must be installed directly from the author using the following command:C:\> ppm install http://www.roth.net/perl/packages/win32-daemon.ppd
- At the command prompt, type the following to update all installed packages:
C:\> ppm upgrade -install
- Now create the following directory structure:
- c:\assp
- c:\assp\notspam
- c:\assp\spam
- c:\assp\errors
- c:\assp\errors\notspam
- c:\assp\errors\spam
- Download the Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy (ASSP) installation zip and extract the contents to the c:\assp base directory.
- At the command prompt, navigate to the c:\assp directory, and run the following command:
C:\assp> perl addservice.pl -i c:\assp\assp.pl c:\assp
- Now create the file assp.cfg in the c:\assp\ directory, and add the following line to it so that ASSP may start as a service (it will fail to start if this line does not exist):
AsAService:=1
- Go to Start → Settings → Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Component Services → Services double click the "Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy" service.
- Set the "Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy" service startup type to automatic and click Start, then click OK and close the services window.
- Open a web browser and point it to http://127.0.0.1:55555. At the login screen, the username is blank and the default password is nospam4me.
- Expand the 'Security' or 'Server Setup' section of the menu, select the webAdminPassword option, and change the default password.
Setup via the Web Interface
Under development...
Information for End-Users
The senders of emails that you will never respond to and/or have spam qualities must be manually whitelisted.
- Example 1: A department store sends you a sales catalog → you won't respond to this email and it has spam qualities → manually whitelist the sender.
- Example 2: You receive a weekly email informing you of the upcoming weather forecast → you won't respond to this email → manually whitelist the sender.
Hand-outs
Empower your end-users by giving them useful user tips and instructions that will help make dealing with spam easier for them.
Special Notes
Legitimate spam presents a unique situation. By default, the Bayesian Non Spam option (located in the Logging section) is set to save into the notspam directory all incoming emails that receive a Mail Ok status (Note: in order for the mail to get saved in the notspam directory, the notspam directory must also be specified as the path for the Bayesian Non Spam directory in the Paths section). If you do not specify the notspam directory as the Bayesian Non Spam directory (located in the logging section), emails that receive a Mail Ok status will not be saved.
