modify-spam.pl
Change spam filtering and delivery settings for a virtual server
This command can be used to change the location than email tagged as spam or virus-laden is delivered to for one or more virtual servers. The servers to act on can be either specified with the --domain parameter, or all domains with spam filtering enabled can be selected with --all-domains.
The following parameters control what happens to messages identified as spam :
--spam-delete Delete all spam mail. --spam-deliver Deliver to user's mailbox normally. --spam-normal Write to user's ~/mail/spam file in mbox format. --spam-maildir Write to user's ~/Maildir/.spam file in Maildir format. --spam-file Write to the file following this parameter, which must be relative to the user's home directory. --spam-email Forward to the email address following this parameter. --spam-dest Write to the absolute file following the parameter.
A similar set of options exist for virus filtering, but starting with --virus instead of --spam.
Virtualmin has the ability to delete spam from the spam folders of all users in a domain once it passes some threshold, such as age or size. You can enable this with the --spamclear-days parameter followed by the maximum age in days, or --spamclear-size followed by a size in bytes. Or to turn off spam deletion, use the --spamclear-none parameter.
SpamAssassin gives each message it scans a numeric score, and typically anything above 5 is considered spam and placed in a separate user folder. However, you can choose to simply delete all incoming spam with a score above some higher threshold (such as 10) using the --spam-delete-level parameter, which must be followed by a number. To turn this behaviour off again, use the --spam-no-delete-level flag.
Command Line Help
usage: modify-spam.pl [--domain name] | [--all-domains]
[--spam-delete | --spam-deliver |
--spam-normal | --spam-file file-under-home |
--spam-email address | --spam-dest file |
--spam-maildir ]
[--spam-delete-level N | --spam-no-delete-level]
[--virus-delete |
--virus-normal | --virus-file file-under-home |
--virus-email address | --virus-dest file
--virus-maildir ]
[--spam-whitelist | --no-spam-whitelist]
[--use-spamassassin | --use-spamc]
[--spamclear-none |
--spamclear-days days
--spamclear-size bytes]
[--use-clamscan | --use-clamdscan]
Warning - modifying the SpamAssassin or virus scanning client for
individual domains is deprecated.