Exim, Apache SpamAssassin and X-Spam-Status Header

I haven't found a way to change X-Spam-Status, because all headers are written by exim, not spamassassin (cPanel newstyle spam system).

But you can use X-Spam-Report to bring more information into your headers.

1) change exim configuration (/etc/exim.conf), X-Spam-Report should be written in every, not just spam messages
- open "WHM >> Service Configuration >> Exim Configuration Editor >> Advanced Editor"
-> search for the following line and copy it to "condition add_header" block right below (next to X-Spam-Bar, as in the block above)

Code:

add_header = X-Spam-Report: $spam_report

2) edit /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf with your favorite editor and add the following lines:

Code:

# custom X-Spam-Report header (less blah blah, more data)
#
report_safe 0
clear_report_template
report_contact spamcontact@domain.tld 
report host: _HOSTNAME_ | contact: _CONTACTADDRESS_ | scores: _TESTSSCORES(,)_ | autolearn=_AUTOLEARN_, score=_AUTOLEARNSCORE_

# Set headers which may provide inappropriate cues to the Bayesian classifier
#
bayes_ignore_header X-Bogosity
bayes_ignore_header X-Spam-Flag
bayes_ignore_header X-Spam-Status
bayes_ignore_header X-Spam-Report

For a list of possible values have a look at Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf - SpamAssassin configuration file >> TEMPLATE TAGS

Cheers,
Thomas

 

Grrr

I find it totally unacceptable that this isn't simply accessible within the end-user cPanel.

 

Re: Exim, Spamassassin and X-Spam-Status Header

CpanelDon, you miss the point by a mile: What is unacceptable, is that the end user can not enable the report headers. It is a failure of engineering that the end user is not able to access these options without the intervention of the administrator. It is your implementation, and not some inherent reality of software engineering, that requires that this be performed by the administrator.