cPanel updates remove our /etc/antivirus.exim file.

jols

• February 26, 2015 02:57

Hi, I've noticed that most cPanel updates remove /etc/antivirus.exim That's a problem for us, because we have some very important anti-spam rules in this file. So as a result: cPanel update = Spam flood I hate to put the immutable bit on antivirus.exim, because for one thing, we are modifying this file throughout the day, and the additional steps would be a bit of a hassle, also may get a little error-prone. Is there any way to safe have antivirus.exim preserved throughout the cPanel update process? Thanks much.

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  cPanelMichael

  • February 26, 2015 13:06

  Hello :) You can use a custom system filter for Exim to add those rules and ensure the changes are preserved. To start, you would copy over the existing Exim filter to the new location:
  cp -a /etc/cpanel_exim_system_filter /etc/cpanel_exim_system_filter_custom
  Then, configure the custom filter file as the default filter via the "System Filter File" option under the "Filters" tab in: "WHM Home " Service Configuration " Exim Configuration Manager" Within the "/etc/cpanel_exim_system_filter_custom" file, you can add the entries for your custom filter rules. Thank you.

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  jols

  • March 04, 2015 22:13

  Thanks. That's certainly a relief.

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  jols

  • March 27, 2015 00:28

  Relief gone: Now I have looked at all of our servers, and I am finding, apparently after a recent update, that the default setting for /etc/cpanel_exim_system_filter (in the WHM exim configuration), has now reverted back to /etc/antivirus.empty So I have come full circle, back to the same problem. Any other ideas? Question: When this occurs, will the new list I have created in /etc/cpanel_exim_system_filter_custom still be functional, or no?

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 06, 2015 14:27

  Please let us know if the following method listed in /etc/cpanel_exim_system_filter is helpful:
  # 1) # # * Place each sysfilter block you wish to include in a unique file at: # # /usr/local/cpanel/etc/exim/sysfilter/options/ # # * Enable or disable the custom block in WHM using: # # Service Configuration => Exim Configuration Manager => Filters => Custom Filter: [your unique file]
  Thank you.

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