Question about quarantine

[Simon Brereton]

> On 04/05/13 18:58, Simon Brereton wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 4 May 2013 05:15, "Patrick Joy" <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> 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.

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.

Simon
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