diff --git a/config/paludis/sets/mail.conf b/config/paludis/sets/mail.conf
index be852dc..b1bbada 100644
--- a/config/paludis/sets/mail.conf
+++ b/config/paludis/sets/mail.conf
@@ -6,3 +6,12 @@
 * mail-mta/postfix
 * net-mail/dovecot
 * net-mail/dovecot-pigeonhole
+
+# for sa-update
+* app-crypt/gnupg
+* dev-perl/HTTP-Date
+* dev-perl/libwww-perl
+
+# other spamassassin stuff
+* dev-perl/IP-Country
+* dev-perl/Mail-SPF