Clarification about qurantine vs. D_DISCARD

[Damian]

> I am reading amavis documentation and would like some clarification
> about the way amavis is handeling the a message score by SpamAssassin.
> 
> With a configuration like:
> 
> $sa_tag_level_deflt  = 2.0;  # add spam info headers if at, or above that level
> $sa_tag2_level_deflt = 5.0;  # add 'spam detected' headers at that level
> $sa_kill_level_deflt = 15.0;  # triggers spam evasive actions (e.g. blocks mail)
> $sa_quarantine_cutoff_level = 25; # spam level beyond which quarantine is off
> ...
> $final_spam_destiny       = D_DISCARD;
> 
> I am trying to understand if the action will be:
> 
> - a mail with a score less than 5 is not spam and delivered to the
>    recipient
> - a mail with a score between 5 and 14.99 is tagged and delivered to the
>    recipient
> - a mail with a score above 15 is quarantined and not delivered
> - a mail with a score above 25 is not quarantined and not delivered
> 
> In other words, $final_spam_destiny is triggered by @sa_kill_level_deflt
> and not by @sa_tag2_level_deflt.
> 
> Am I understanding properly?

The kill level is a threshold above which the mail will be categorized as CC_SPAM.
$final_spam_destiny is a setting pertaining to CC_SPAM, yes. However, it defines what
to do with the original mail, not whether to quarantine it. That would be separate settings.