Allow customization or removal of "spamd_address" via Exim Configuration Editor

[eperdeme]

Hello,

We would like you to remove the 'spamd_address = 127.0.0.1 783' line in the exim advanced config editor and/or allow us to specify the IP address spamd will run on.

We want to send it to our spamassassin farm to save resources on the cPanel server. We have already done this for clamav.

[cPanelDavidG]

Hello,

We would like you to remove the 'spamd_address = 127.0.0.1 783' line in the exim advanced config editor and/or allow us to specify the IP address spamd will run on.

We want to send it to our spamassassin farm to save resources on the cPanel server. We have already done this for clamav.

Can you confirm if this functionality is still necessary? I am unable to locate a line with that content in my Advanced Exim Configuration Editor on version 11.27.3. If you can provide a screenshot of where I can find this in the Advanced Editor, that would be greatly appreciated.

[cPanelDon]

I have revised the thread title in attempt to more accurately describe the specific feature that I believe is being requested.

[cPanelDavidG]

Can you confirm if this functionality is still necessary? I am unable to locate a line with that content in my Advanced Exim Configuration Editor on version 11.27.3. If you can provide a screenshot of where I can find this in the Advanced Editor, that would be greatly appreciated.

Nevermind, Don has confirmed this is still necessary.

Does anyone else have any input with regards to this functionality?

[ChrisMeisinger]

Nevermind, Don has confirmed this is still necessary.

Does anyone else have any input with regards to this functionality?

This isn't for specifying which IP to let spamd run on. This variable is telling Exim where to find spamd at.

The main point of adjusting this is to allow for off-server spam filtering. If SpamD is still running on the same machine as Exim, you should not change this value.

You can modify this in the /scripts/restartsrv_spamd and add in the '-i 10.10.10.10' option as follows...

if ( $restart != -1 ) {
if ( -x '/usr/bin/spamd' ) {
$ENV{'LANG'} = 'C';
$ENV{'LC_ALL'} = 'C';
system "/usr/bin/spamd -d $spamdoptions -i 10.10.10.10";
}
elsif ( -x '/usr/local/bin/spamd' ) {
$ENV{'LANG'} = 'C';
$ENV{'LC_ALL'} = 'C';
system("/usr/local/bin/spamd -d $spamdoptions -i 10.10.10.10");
}


Please keep in mind that file may be overwritten if we make updates to it.

[cPanelDavidG]

Nathan,

Do you still want us to natively accommodate you running your own spamd remotely? cPanel&WHM would provide no management of this remote spamd (at least how this feature request is described right now).

If I don't hear from you in the next 3 weeks, I will just close out this feature request.

[eperdeme]

Hello,

We would much prefer it to be a native option.

We have found in the past making changes to the files cPanel updates via upcp to get overwritten. We have in the past chmoded +i them to make them immutable but we have then fallen out of step with the updates and missed new options.

Thanks
Nathan

[cPanelDavidG]

Hello,

We would much prefer it to be a native option.

We have found in the past making changes to the files cPanel updates via upcp to get overwritten. We have in the past chmoded +i them to make them immutable but we have then fallen out of step with the updates and missed new options.

Thanks
Nathan

Okay.

If anyone else reading this also desires this functionality, please reply to this thread.