Question about quarantine

[Patrick Joy]

On 04/05/13 19:44, Simon Brereton wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> On 4 May 2013 11:31, "Patrick Joy" <paddy at paddyjoy.com 
> <mailto:paddy at paddyjoy.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Simon,
> >
> > So if I don't want anything to be discarded I should increase 
> $sa_dsn_cutoff_level to something large like 9999?
>
> Please don't top post..
>
> Yes, or I believe just comment the line out.
>
Thanks I'll experiment with both.
>
> For what it's worth I've never seen a legitimate mail with a 
> spamassassin score over 15.  I can't imagine why you'd want to not 
> discard them.
>
That's good to know! The main reason I want to keep them all is because 
customers can be funny sometimes, one missing email (legitimate or not) 
and they will be up in arms.
>
> Simon
>

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