How To Install spamassassin-iXhash2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install spamassassin-iXhash2 on CentOS 7. spamassassin-iXhash2 is SpamAssassin plugin to lookup e-mail checksums in blacklists

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spamassassin-iXhash2 on CentOS 7.

What is spamassassin-iXhash2

iXhash2 is an unofficial improved version of the iXhash spam filter plugin for SpamAssassin, adding async DNS lookups for performance and removing unneeded features but fully compatible with the iXhash 1.5.5 (https implementation. It computes MD5 checksums of fragments of the body of an e-mail and compares them to those of known spam using DNS queries to a RBL-like name server. So it works similar to the standard plugins that use the Pyzor, Razor and DCC software packages from within SpamAssassin.

We can use yum or dnf to install spamassassin-iXhash2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install spamassassin-iXhash2.

Install spamassassin-iXhash2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install spamassassin-iXhash2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install spamassassin-iXhash2

Install spamassassin-iXhash2 on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install spamassassin-iXhash2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install spamassassin-iXhash2

How To Uninstall spamassassin-iXhash2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the spamassassin-iXhash2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove spamassassin-iXhash2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install spamassassin-iXhash2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.