Is Mail-SpamAssassin safe to use?

Mail-SpamAssassin has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (4.000002). DepScope rates its health at 46/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of Mail-SpamAssassin?

The latest version of Mail-SpamAssassin is 4.000002, released 2025-08-30.

Does Mail-SpamAssassin have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of Mail-SpamAssassin.

Is Mail-SpamAssassin deprecated?

No, Mail-SpamAssassin is actively maintained. Latest release: 4.000002 (2025-08-30).

What are alternatives to Mail-SpamAssassin?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for Mail-SpamAssassin at this time.

What license does Mail-SpamAssassin use?

Mail-SpamAssassin is licensed under apache_2_0.

Mail-SpamAssassin

cpanv4.000002

Apache SpamAssassin is an extensible email filter which is used to identify spam

License apache_2_01 versions1 maintainers15 deps

http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (46/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (46/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (15)

ExtUtils::MakeMaker Test::Simple Mail::DKIM Archive::Tar Pod::Usage NetAddr::IP Net::DNS File::Copy IO::Zlib Time::Local Sys::Hostname File::Spec Time::HiRes Errno HTML::Parser

API access

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Last updated · 2025-08-30T14:01:08