Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ASN(3)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ASN(3)

NAME

       Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ASN - SpamAssassin plugin to look up the Autonomous System Number (ASN) of the connecting IP address.

SYNOPSIS

	loadplugin Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ASN

	asn_lookup asn.routeviews.org _ASN_ _ASNCIDR_

	add_header all ASN _ASN_ _ASNCIDR_

DESCRIPTION

       This plugin uses DNS lookups to the services of "http://www.routeviews.org/" to do the actual work. Please make sure that your use of the
       plugin does not overload their infrastructure - this generally means that you should not use this plugin in a high-volume environment or
       that you should use a local mirror of the zone (see "ftp://ftp.routeviews.org/dnszones/").

TEMPLATE TAGS

       This plugin allows you to create template tags containing the connecting IP's AS number and route info for that AS number.

       The default config will add a header that looks like this:

	X-Spam-ASN: AS24940 213.239.192.0/18

       where "AS24940" is the ASN and "213.239.192.0/18" is the route announced by that ASN where the connecting IP address came from. If the AS
       announces multiple networks (more/less specific), they will all be added to the "_ASNCIDR_" tag, separated by spaces, eg:

	X-Spam-ASN: AS1680 89.138.0.0/15 89.139.0.0/16

CONFIGURATION

       The standard ruleset contains a configuration that will add a header containing ASN data to scanned messages.  The bayes tokenizer will use
       the added header for bayes calculations, and thus affect which BAYES_* rule will trigger for a particular message.

       Note that in most cases you should not score on the ASN data directly.  Bayes learning will probably trigger on the _ASNCIDR_ tag, but
       probably not very well on the _ASN_ tag alone.

SEE ALSO

       http://www.routeviews.org/ - all data regarding routing, ASNs etc

       http://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=4770 - SpamAssassin Issue #4770 concerning this plugin

STATUS

       No in-depth analysis of the usefulness of bayes tokenization of ASN data has been performed.

ADMINISTRATOR SETTINGS

       asn_lookup asn-zone.example.com [ _ASNTAG_ _ASNCIDRTAG_ ]
	   Use this to lookup the ASN info in the specified zone for the first external IP address and add the AS number to the first specified
	   tag and routing info to the second specified tag.

	   If no tags are specified the AS number will be added to the _ASN_ tag and the routing info will be added to the _ASNCIDR_ tag.  You
	   must specify either none or both of the tags.  Tags must start and end with an underscore.

	   If two or more asn_lookups use the same set of template tags, the results of their lookups will be appended to each other in the
	   template tag values in no particular order.	Duplicate results will be omitted when combining results.  In a similar fashion, you can
	   also use the same template tag for both the AS number tag and the routing info tag.

	   Examples:

	     asn_lookup asn.routeviews.org

	     asn_lookup asn.routeviews.org _ASN_ _ASNCIDR_
	     asn_lookup myview.example.com _MYASN_ _MYASNCIDR_

	     asn_lookup asn.routeviews.org _COMBINEDASN_ _COMBINEDASNCIDR_
	     asn_lookup myview.example.com _COMBINEDASN_ _COMBINEDASNCIDR_

	     asn_lookup in1tag.example.net _ASNDATA_ _ASNDATA_

perl v5.16.3							    2011-06-06					Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ASN(3)