How To Install spamassassin-heatu on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spamassassin-heatu on Kali Linux.

What is spamassassin-heatu

spamassassin-heatu is:

Check or clean the SpamAssassin auto-whitelist (AWL) database file; also called the SpamAssassin Heuristic Email Address Tracker file.

The Auto-WhiteList feature in Spamassassing tracks scores from messages previously received and adjusts the message score, either by boosting messages from senders who send ham or penalizing senders who have sent spam previously. This not only treats some senders as if they were white listed but also treats spammers as if they were blacklisted.

This and enhanced version of the original AWL tool. The AWL database can be examined and pruned; single email entries can be removed. This is useful when a spammer sends one or more ham messages before sending spam.

There are three methods to install spamassassin-heatu on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install spamassassin-heatu Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install spamassassin-heatu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install spamassassin-heatu

Install spamassassin-heatu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install spamassassin-heatu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install spamassassin-heatu

Install spamassassin-heatu Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install spamassassin-heatu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spamassassin-heatu

How To Uninstall spamassassin-heatu on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the spamassassin-heatu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove spamassassin-heatu

Uninstall spamassassin-heatu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall spamassassin-heatu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spamassassin-heatu

Remove spamassassin-heatu Configurations and Data

To remove spamassassin-heatu configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge spamassassin-heatu

Remove spamassassin-heatu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove spamassassin-heatu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spamassassin-heatu

Dependencies

spamassassin-heatu have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• spamassassin-heatu website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install spamassassin-heatu package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.