Ubuntu package upgrading and spamassassin

[Laura Conrad]

I notice that the ubuntu Dapper spamassassin version is several months
out of date (3.1.0a-2ubuntu).  The Spamassassin site says 3.1.0 was
released in September of 2005, and that 3.1.3 (June, 2006) was an
important security release.  The latest and greatest is 3.1.4 (July,
2006).

I moved to Ubuntu from Debian Experimental so as not to get
discombobulated by the newest release of everything, but spamassassin
is one program that having new releases of is pretty important,
because it doesn't take the spammers very long to figure out how to
get around the old releases.

How do experienced Ubuntu users deal with this?

    Is there a recommended way to get new packages of just a couple of
    programs?  

    Is there a way to push Ubuntu to deliver newer packages of specific
    programs?  

    Is there a better Ubuntu way to deal with new species of spam than
    just using Spamassassin?

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