Question about quarantine

Patrick Joy paddy at paddyjoy.com
Sat May 4 11:31:07 CEST 2013


Thanks Simon,

So if I don't want anything to be discarded I should increase 
$sa_dsn_cutoff_level to something large like 9999?

Patrick

On 04/05/13 18:58, Simon Brereton wrote:
>
>
> On 4 May 2013 05:15, "Patrick Joy" <paddy at paddyjoy.com 
> <mailto:paddy at paddyjoy.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I have just configured amavis-new (2.5.3) and spamassassin (3.2.5) 
> and integrated with postfix (2.5.1). I have linked amavis to mysql also.
> >
> > Everything seems to working fine, spam headers are being added and 
> some mail is going the the quarantine however I would appreciate it 
> anyone could answer the following questions about the behaviour of the 
> quarantine.
> >
> > I have the following settings:
> >
> > $sa_spam_subject_tag = '***SPAM*** ';
> > $sa_tag_level_deflt  = -9999;  # add spam info headers if at, or 
> above that level
> > $sa_tag2_level_deflt = 8; # add 'spam detected' headers at that level
> Email will have ***SPAM*** added to the subject..
>
> > $sa_kill_level_deflt = 10; # triggers spam evasive actions
> Email will quarantine..
>
> > $sa_dsn_cutoff_level = 15;   # spam level beyond which a DSN is not sent
>
> Email will be discarded. Sender will not be notified.  See 
> $final_spam_destiny       = D_DISCARD;
>
> > $final_virus_destiny      = D_DISCARD;  # (data not lost, see virus 
> quarantine)
> > $final_banned_destiny     = D_BOUNCE;   # D_REJECT when front-end MTA
> > $final_spam_destiny       = D_DISCARD;
> > $final_bad_header_destiny = D_PASS;     # False-positive prone (for 
> spam)
> >
> > 1) Does this mean that anything with a score over 8 will go the 
> quarantine?
> > 2) What happens emails with a score over 10? Do they get discarded 
> or do they go to the quarantine?
> > 3) What happens emails with a score over 15? Do they get discarded 
> or do they go to the quarantine?
> >
> > My aim is to have nothing discarded, I would like all suspected 
> emails to go to the quarantine and have users decide before whether 
> they get discarded or not. Do I have the correct settings for that?
>

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