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horde/sam
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Anti-spam user preferences application

v1.0.0alpha3(5mo ago)102GPL-2.0PHPPHP ^7

Since Nov 11Pushed 2mo ago5 watchersCompare

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What is Sam?
============

[](#what-is-sam)

Contact:Contents

- [1 Obtaining Sam](#obtaining-sam)
- [2 Documentation](#documentation)
- [3 Installation](#installation)
- [4 Assistance](#assistance)
- [5 Licensing](#licensing)

Sam is short for Spam Assassin Module. It allows each user to change their specific anti-spam rules for SpamAssassion or Amavisd-new, given a general subset of the overall features that are available.

This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software. OSI Certified is a certification mark of the [Open Source Initiative](http://www.opensource.org/).

[1 Obtaining Sam](#id1)
-----------------------

[](#1obtaining-sam)

Further information on Sam and the latest version can be obtained at

>

[2 Documentation](#id2)
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[](#2documentation)

The following documentation is available in the Sam distribution:

[README](README.rst):This file[LICENSE](http://www.horde.org/licenses/gpl):Copyright and license information[doc/CHANGES](doc/CHANGES):Changes by release[doc/CREDITS](doc/CREDITS.rst):Project developers[doc/INSTALL](doc/INSTALL.rst):Installation instructions and notes[doc/TODO](doc/TODO.rst):Development TODO list[3 Installation](#id3)
----------------------

[](#3installation)

Instructions for installing Sam can be found in the file [INSTALL](doc/INSTALL.rst) in the `doc/` directory of the Sam distribution.

[4 Assistance](#id4)
--------------------

[](#4assistance)

If you encounter problems with Sam, help is available!

The Horde Frequently Asked Questions List (FAQ), available on the Web at

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Horde LLC runs a number of mailing lists, for individual applications and for issues relating to the project as a whole. Information, archives, and subscription information can be found at

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Lastly, Horde developers, contributors and users also make occasional appearances on IRC, on the channel #horde on the Freenode Network (irc.freenode.net).

[5 Licensing](#id5)
-------------------

[](#5licensing)

For licensing and copyright information, please see the file [LICENSE](http://www.horde.org/licenses/gpl) in the Sam distribution.

Thanks,

The Sam team

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 84% of packages

Maintenance78

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1707 days

Total

2

Last Release

165d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c931cd02664859360478593450d6c473a05bb12b209dfacfc534cd13257cc7ef?d=identicon)[ralflang](/maintainers/ralflang)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e4f6c6771993db2ed500959b42353f6cf6a2ca0406d9617f7ae680f4504faa4a?d=identicon)[horde](/maintainers/horde)

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![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/816e2b926f25f8cd2939054c7a7173011b4303d690e25ab61bf33cf8c7cf71ae?d=identicon)[tdannhauer](/maintainers/tdannhauer)

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Top Contributors

[![yunosh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/379318?v=4)](https://github.com/yunosh "yunosh (170 commits)")[![mrubinsk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/66822?v=4)](https://github.com/mrubinsk "mrubinsk (13 commits)")[![slusarz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/381003?v=4)](https://github.com/slusarz "slusarz (13 commits)")[![ralflang](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/646976?v=4)](https://github.com/ralflang "ralflang (12 commits)")

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