Banned files are being quarantined, spam isn't

Noel Jones njones at megan.vbhcs.org
Sat Aug 10 05:41:22 CEST 2013


On 8/9/2013 1:10 PM, Benedict White wrote:
> From: amavis-users [mailto:amavis-users-bounces+benedict.white=cse-ltd.co.uk at amavis.org] On Behalf Of Noel Jones
> Sent: 09 August 2013 18:14
> To: amavis-users at amavis.org
> Subject: Re: Banned files are being quarantined, spam isn't
> 
>>> On 8/9/2013 10:58 AM, Benedict White wrote:
>>> I have a new Amavisd install with SQL for both lookups and storage dsn's.
>>>
>>> When I send a banned file through to a user with a policy that blocks 
>>> it, It ends up in quarantine which what I would like. I can then 
>>> release the mail OK
>>>
>>> However, when I generate a really spammy email (score over 28) it Goes 
>>> through, though it seems to generate a quarantined item in MailZu 
>>> Though releasing it doesn't do anything as presumably the mail isn't there.
>>>
>>> I have the following set for the policy row in the policy sql table:
>>> spam_tag_level  1
>>> spam_tag2_level 6.31
>>> spam_tag3_level 8
>>> spam_kill_level 10
>>> spam_dsn_cutoff_level 12
>>> spam_quarantine_cutoff_level 20
>>>
>>> What do I need to do to get seriously spammy emails into quarantine?
>>
>> set spam_quarantine_cutoff_level to undef; Your setting says don't quarantine any spam over 20.
> 
> I've tried undef;  in the amavisd.conf and a null value in the SQL database (it's a float), but the mail 
> still goes through rather than being quarantined though it does get it's subject line changed in accordance
> with the policy in the policy table.
> 
> Kindest regards,
> 
> Benedict White
> 


What about $spam_quarantine_method?  There are several parameters
that control the quarantine, you might check the docs or the
amavisd.conf-sample file.


   -- Noel Jones


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