Filter spam score greater than -30

RiversideKid

• December 14, 2013 08:18

I want to set up a user level filter to move mail to a folder when the spam score provided by spamassassin is greater than a negative number and it isn't working. I have used BoxTrapper for several years, so I have a very accurate whitelist. Each whitelisted entry provides a score -100 and spam generally gets a positive number, but I still get about 30 mails a day that are obvious spam and yet get a negative number through spamassassin. I would like to filter on those messages so those that are not marked spam and have a spam score of -30 or greater are moved to a folder. I have a shared hosting account and am not allowed to modify the rules to any great degree. cpanel 11.38.2 (build 12) SpamAssassin is turned on SpamAssassin has required_score 1 SpamAssassin moves all mail marked as spam to a 'spam' folder User level filtering includes a rule as: cpanel filter: Spam Status begins with "No" AND cpanel filter: Spam Score is above (#'s only) "-60" cpanel filter: Deliver to folder /.NotWhiteListed cpanel filter: Stop Processing Rules SpamAssassin is working great and assigning scores but I still get quite a few obvious spam in the inbox with a negative score. With my whitelist, I should get a score around -100 on any whitelisted email so anything greater than -30 and up should be "not whitelisted, but not spam" email and I would like this in it's own folder. Using the cpanel filter test I can see that any message with a negative score does not match the rule for "spam score is above (#'s only)" rule. How can I create a filter on messages with a negative score but not too negative? Thank you in Advance!

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  cPanelMichael

  • December 16, 2013 18:57

  Hello :) The score entered can be a positive or negative number. I recommend consulting with your web hosting provider so they can review /var/log/exim_mainlog to see why exactly the filter rule is not enacted. Thank you.

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  RiversideKid

  • December 19, 2013 12:30

  Michael, Thank you for the reply. With the knowledge that my rule "should work" I opened a ticket with my hosting company. Maybe the original rule should work, but my hosting company suggested using a regex match to move anything from -60 to 0 or positive integers to a folder. We have cPanel version 11.38.2 (build 12).

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