Does Spamassassin require compilation to use?

Question

From what I have been able to gather, spamassassin is written in perl but there may also be compiled versions of it. Does one have to compile it inorder to use it? Can a perl script simply include spam assassin and start calling its functions/services?

Answer 1

No, you do not need to compile spamassassin since it is a Perl script like you mentioned. However, you can configure the SpamAssassin Daemon to increase the throughput performance and configure the spamassassin script to use it. The spamd daemon is useful in a web hosting environment.