Custom SpamAssassin Rules

floppyfringe

• March 26, 2015 07:52

I've seen some information on custom SpamAssassin rules, such as: body LOCAL_DEMONSTRATION_RULE /test/ score LOCAL_DEMONSTRATION_RULE 0.1 describe LOCAL_DEMONSTRATION_RULE This is a simple test rule It doesn't matter where I put it, it doesn't seem to work Tried /etc/mail/spamassassin/ and /usr/share/spamassassin of the top of my head. Anyone managed to write custom rules and got them to work?

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  cPanelMichael

  • March 26, 2015 15:00

  Hello, You can edit the following file to make local customizations to SpamAssassin: /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf This guide should be helpful for implementing custom rules: How to Configure the Apache SpamAssassin Report_Safe Option - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation

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  jols

  • April 02, 2015 23:35

  Does anyone know if this still works? We have a set of rules in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf but lately they seem to have no effect.

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  floppyfringe

  • April 04, 2015 15:31

  The above hasn't worked on the server I tried it on, maybe the location of local rules has changed following a SpamAssassin upgrade? Anyone got a clue? Update: WOW it worked on a different server :D

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 06, 2015 18:28

  Update: WOW it worked on a different server :D

  
  Hello, Are there any differences between the two servers (e.g. cPanel version, OS)? Thank you.

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  floppyfringe

  • April 08, 2015 15:40

  Oddly enough they are the same. For anyone else who finds this post, the following command restarts spamassassin /scripts/restartsrv_spamd

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 10, 2015 14:11

  To clarify, did restarting SpamAssassin resolve the issue (note that you must restart SpamAssassin after making changes to it's configuration)? Thank you.

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  floppyfringe

  • April 12, 2015 20:35

  To clarify, did restarting SpamAssassin resolve the issue (note that you must restart SpamAssassin after making changes to it's configuration)? Thank you.

  
  Everything is supposed to get updated across all the servers, but yes I had restarted SpamAssassin on both, but only one worked at the time. I thought it would be helpful to mention how to go about restarting SA if someone found the post.

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  floppyfringe

  • August 25, 2015 14:59

  Does anyone know why having a local rule for "F*ckbuddy", "F#ckFriends" or "F*ckFriends" or an American style phone number the "-", "(" or ")" seem to prevent the local rules from working, we've tried "/*" or "/#" that doesn't work either. We're getting loads of crap and we'd love to able to kill off those spams. Thanks

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  floppyfringe

  • August 26, 2015 16:26

  Just in case someone else finds this post and are wondering how to detect a specific phone number used in spams, you use \( or \) for the brackets - then it works.

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  floppyfringe

  • August 26, 2015 16:30

  Oh! and "F\*ckbuddy", a back slash and not forward slash, also works for the recent spams we seem to be getting loads of.

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  floppyfringe

  • August 26, 2015 17:23

  Damn, now \* or \# isn't working? Anyone know why?

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  cPanelMichael

  • September 08, 2015 17:58

  Hello :) You may find the following document helpful:

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