Change eximstats_spam_check in crontab

Ruiz

• July 29, 2018 19:52

Hello, I want to change the amount of time cpanel runs eximstats_spam_check in crontab from every 15 minutes to something like every 5 or 2 minutes. Can i just change it in crontab? Or will it be overwritten by cpanel?

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  cPanelMichael

  • July 31, 2018 18:53

  Hello @ruiz, You can modify the times at which the cron job runs, but it's not recommended and may not make a difference due to the limits configured in the script itself: [QUOTE] # MAXIMUM_RUN_TIME - sets the maximum duration in seconds before # gunning the query and putting an alert in the system # error log # SPAM_TIME - sets the span in seconds that we care about--how # recently must the messages must have been sent to be # considered spam my $MAXIMUM_RUN_TIME = 3 * 60; my $SPAM_TIME = 60 * 60;
  Is there a specific concern you are attempting to address by increasing the frequency at which the cron runs? Thank you.

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  Ruiz

  • August 02, 2018 10:18

  Hello @ruiz, Is there a specific concern you are attempting to address by increasing the frequency at which the cron runs? Thank you.

  
  Yes! I'm using this e-mail to trigger a account suspension via API. However, since it is triggered only every 15 minutes, most of times the user had already sent the domain limit of e-mails. I want to suspend the account as soon as possible. By the way, that "account suspension when spam is detected" would be a nice addition to a future version of cPanel.

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  cPanelMichael

  • August 02, 2018 15:10

  Yes! I'm using this e-mail to trigger a account suspension via API. However, since it is triggered only every 15 minutes, most of times the user had already sent the domain limit of e-mails. I want to suspend the account as soon as possible.

  
  Hello, One alternative to consider for this purpose is to enable a limit on the maximum number of emails sent per hour. We document how to do this at: How to Set Email Send Limits - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation This would help limit the total number of SPAM emails sent until the eximstats_spam_check cron job runs and suspends the email user.

  By the way, that "account suspension when spam is detected" would be a nice addition to a future version of cPanel.

  
  I encourage you to submit a feature request if you'd like to see a native way to do this in the product (as opposed to using our API):

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