Introduction
Spam Assassin determines whether or not a message is spam based on the message's final calculated spam score. The overall score is calculated by testing the message against various rules, each assigning a sub-score, and then summing the sub-scores. If you find that specific Spam assassin rules are weighted too heavily or are not weighted enough, you may use the procedure in this guide to change them.
Procedure
- Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.
- Backup the
/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
file.cp -a /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf{,.$(date +%s)}
- Open
/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
in your preferred text editor. - Add your custom score configuration using the
SCORE $ruleid $scorevalue
format.SCORE RDNS_NONE 6
Please note that "$ruleid" and "$scorevalue" must be replaced with the rule ID of the rule to modify and the new score, respectively. - Save the changes and exit the text editor.
- Restart the
spamd
service./scripts/restartsrv_spamd
Additional resources
How to Find SpamAssassin Scan Results
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