Disable SpamAssassin By Default

akust0m

• June 21, 2018 05:21

Hey there! I understand that recently cPanel made an adjustment to turn on SpamAssassin by default for cPanel accounts. How do I turn off SpamAssassin by default, but still gives users the option to enable it manually within cPanel if they wish? Thanks!

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  rpvw

  • June 21, 2018 11:01

  v70.0.51 Home "Service Configuration "Exim Configuration Manager Apache SpamAssassin" Options Apache SpamAssassin": Forced Global ON [?] Turn on Apache SpamAssassin" for all accounts (i.e. with no option to disable). Set OFF

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  akust0m

  • June 21, 2018 11:23

  Thank you for your reply. This option is already off. But a recent cPanel update (I think 68) caused SpamAssassin to be enabled by default in newly created cPanel accounts. Setting 'Enable Apache SpamAssassin" spam filter' to 'Off' in 'Tweak Settings' causes SpamAssassin to be unavailable for all users. How do you override cPanel's new behavior and disable SpamAssassin by default on account creation.

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  cPanelMichael

  • June 21, 2018 16:22

  Hello @akust0m, When creating a new account, the following option now exists under the "Settings" section as of cPanel & WHM version 70: Enable Apache SpamAssassin" You can uncheck this option when creating the account to disable SpamAssassin. For existing accounts, this option is changeable through WHM >> Modify an Account. This setting is also available with the following WHM API 1 functions: WHM API 1 Functions - createacct - Developer Documentation - cPanel Documentation WHM API 1 Functions - modifyacct - Developer Documentation - cPanel Documentation If you don't want to manually uncheck the Enable Apache SpamAssassin" option each time you create an account, you could setup a post account creation hook that makes use of the modifyacct WHM API 1 function. Information about hooks is available at: Guide to Standardized Hooks - Developer Documentation - cPanel Documentation Thank you.

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  akust0m

  • July 01, 2018 09:54

  Hi @cPanelMichael Thank you for the reply on this, I've been quite delayed on getting a reply back to you. Are there any plans for automatic provisioning from WHMCS to disable SpamAssassin upon account activation (aside from setting up a manual hook)? The reason I'd prefer SpamAssassin to not be activated by default is because our hosting accounts are automatically provisioned with SpamExperts as it is included for the primary domain. SpamAssassin becomes redundant and wastes extra server resources due to double scanning. Our clients only use SpamAssassin for add-on domains. Thanks!

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  cPanelMichael

  • July 02, 2018 15:53

  Are there any plans for automatic provisioning from WHMCS to disable SpamAssassin upon account activation (aside from setting up a manual hook)?

  
  Hello, I don't know of any specific plans for WHMCS to offer that functionality, but I encourage you to check with their WHMCS Feature Requests Thank you.

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