Re: SpamAssissan doesn't run after installation ?

On 4/26/2026 4:17 PM, Bill Cole wrote:
> On 2026-04-25 at 20:34:28 UTC-0400 (Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:34:28 -0400)
> FalconChristopher <[email protected]>
> is rumored to have said:
>
>> I hope someone can help. I installed SpamAssissan using cpan. And 
>> although everything installed correctly, and I checked where 
>> SpamAssissan is installed. I'm unable to get it to run. I locate the 
>> executable files but when I run, nothing happens ?
>
> SpamAssassin is not one executable, it is a Perl module for 
> classifying mail as spam or 'ham' (i.e. non-spam) and can be used in 
> many different ways with mail servers and clients. You really need to 
> know how you want to use it for any of us to help you do that.
>
> The most common use of SpamAssassin is integrated with a MTA 
> (Sendmail, Postfix, Exim, etc.) to filter mail as it arrives. That can 
> be done with a Milter program that loads the Mail::SpamAssassin module 
> tree (e.g. Amavis, MIMEDefang, MailMunge) and handles calling SA to do 
> the message analysis, or a Milter like spamass-milter that handles 
> communication with the 'spamd' daemon, which can run locally or 
> remotely. It is also possible to integrate SpamAssassin in a MTA's 
> delivery path, using tools like procmail, sieve, or Postfix's 
> "content_filter" parameter.
>
> Installed from CPAN, SpamAssassin has none of the add-on integrations 
> that are often done by distribution package maintainers, so you need 
> to figure out what you want to use and how you want to use it. The 
> installation from CPAN does no OS-specific or system-specific setup. 
> See 'man spamassassin' for an overview of the documentation. If you 
> wish to use spamd, you will need to look at the various startup 
> scripts included in the spamd directory of the SA distribution to 
> figure out which one suits your OS and perhaps adapt it to your local 
> details.
>
>
>
I understand. Although when I run `spamd` I get this error without any 
options.

    spamd: could not create IO::Socket::IP socket on [::1]:783: Address
    already in use
    server socket setup failed, retry 9: spamd: could not create
    IO::Socket::IP socket on [127.0.0.1]:783: Address already in use

Christopher