Hi all,

I am trying to get all mail labeled as [SPAM] to be dropped or sent to a specific folder without going to the user mailboxes at all.

what parameters do i need in amavisd.conf and local.cf files?

akistam

Assuming the basic setup is working, what you need to set are
email that scores above sa_kill_level_deflt wil be sent to quarantine (unless the score exceeds sa_quarantine_cutoff_level). The account this goes to is spam@example.com given the setting for spam_quarantine_to.

Note that the scores I've shown are the amavisd defaults - you may want to change them.

I'd recommend you change the first to a low value (say -999) so spam headers are added to everything. Makes troubleshooting easier, and does no harm. Note this isn't the same as adding [SPAM] to the subject (that's given with $sa_spam_subject_tag).

hth

I have gone through my amavisd.conf file and noted that the line below was commented

$sa_quarantine_cutoff_level = 20; # spam level beyond which quarantine is off

i have uncommented it and made some changes to the scoring. Hope it works!

This is what my values are like:

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$sa_tag_level_deflt = 2.0; # add spam info headers if at, or above that level
$sa_tag2_level_deflt = 6.31; # add 'spam detected' headers at that level
$sa_kill_level_deflt = 6.31; # triggers spam evasive actions
$sa_dsn_cutoff_level = 7; # spam level beyond which a DSN is not sent
$sa_quarantine_cutoff_level = 7.5; # spam level beyond which quarantine is off
# $penpals_bonus_score = 5; # (no effect without a @storage_sql_dsn database)
# $penpals_threshold_high = $sa_kill_level_deflt; # don't waste time on hi spam

$sa_mail_body_size_limit = 400*1024; # don't waste time on SA if mail is larger
$sa_local_tests_only = 0; # only tests which do not require internet access?

#$spam_quarantine_to = 'spam-quarantine';
$spam_quarantine_to = "spamquarantine\@$mydomain";
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Now am also wondering about $sa_quarantine_cutoff_level; is it the level beyond which mail will no longer be quarantined?
If yes, where will it be sent?

It just dies!

Try setting sa_tag_level_deflt to -999 like I suggested, and check that SA is working. You should get headers like

Spam is still not being quarantined....I wonder what the problem could be

Post the spam headers of an email you think should be quarantined