Where are SpamAssassin rules?

Where are SpamAssassin rules?

If you want to look at the default rules that are distributed with SpamAssassin, they are located by default in /usr/local/share/spamassassin. Although you can add or update the rules located here, this can cause problems when upgrading to future versions of SpamAssassin.

How do I change my SpamAssassin score?

How To: Change your SpamAssassin filter score.

1. Log into cPanel of the account.
2. Go to the Apache SpamAssassin section, under the email heading.
3. At the bottom of the page, click Configure Apache SpamAssassin.
4. Set the required score.
5. Scroll down to the bottom, click Save.

How do I configure SpamAssassin?

How to Configure the SpamAssassin Score Setting

1. Click the ‘Spam Filters’ link on the main cPanel dashboard. Click on “Spam Filters”
2. Click on the ‘Spam Threshold Score’ link.
3. Adjust the Spam Threshold Score to your desired level.

What is spam score threshold?

Spam Threshold is a score assigned to a piece an email. This score is based on a set of rules that mail is checked against for known spam issues. While the spam score can vary from 0 to 10 or more, a spam threshold of spam threshold of 6.5 is considered quite lenient, while 3.5 would be considered very strict.

How good is SpamAssassin?

Although SpamAssassin isn’t a perfect tool and won’t eliminate all spam, it does do a decent job when configured to your specifications. If you have cPanel hosting, I would certainly recommend you give it a try since it doesn’t cost you any extra money.

Where do I put the rules for SpamAssassin?

To use these rules, just place the file in /etc/mail/spamassassin (if you use spamD, be sure to restart). Before running these rules please do the following: Read any extra info available with the rules, including the comments in the .cf files. Check to make sure that the default scores in these rules fit your installation.

Which is the best version of SpamAssassin to use?

Never use sa-update –allowplugins option, it allows running any code on your server (usually even with root permissions). SpamAssassin version 3.4.6 or later is strongly recommended, previous versions have many security vulnerabilities with .cf files. Use at your own risk.

Do you add rules to.cf file in SpamAssassin?

Do NOT add your rules to the .cf files in /usr/share/spamassassin. The reason for this warning is simple. When you upgrade SA (and you should do so somewhat regularly), all the existing rules in /usr/share/spamassassin will be deleted and replaced by the new default ruleset.

Where does the describe statement go in SpamAssassin?

It will match “test” but also “testing” and “attest”. The describe statement contains the text which will be placed into the verbose report, if verbose reports are used (this is the default setting for the body, in Spamassassin version 2.5x and upwards).