forwarded mail not filtered by SpamAssassin (Cpanel 11)

[jamesbond]

I (finally) upgraded to Cpanel 11 today. All went fine, except for one thing.

I have several forwarders set up on different domains which forward to my mail account on my main domain (all domains reside on the same server). I noticed mail coming through those different domains are not filtered by SpamAssassin anymore.

So for example:

SpamAssassin is enabled on domain1.com, it is not enabled on domain2.com or domain3.com

Forwarders:
[email protected] -> [email protected]
[email protected] -> [email protected]

The mail coming in on [email protected] through [email protected] or [email protected] is not being filtered by SpamAssassin. Up till Cpanel 10 I didn't have this issue.

Has something changed here?

 

[cPanelDavidG]

I (finally) upgraded to Cpanel 11 today. All went fine, except for one thing.

I have several forwarders set up on different domains which forward to my mail account on my main domain (all domains reside on the same server). I noticed mail coming through those different domains are not filtered by SpamAssassin anymore.

So for example:

SpamAssassin is enabled on domain1.com, it is not enabled on domain2.com or domain3.com

Forwarders:
[email protected] -> [email protected]
[email protected] -> [email protected]

The mail coming in on [email protected] through [email protected] or [email protected] is not being filtered by SpamAssassin. Up till Cpanel 10 I didn't have this issue.

Has something changed here?

In cPanel 11, the implementation of SpamAssassin changed from a transport-based system to an ACL-based system to be more efficient. As a result, mail sent to an account on the same server is not scanned by SpamAssassin (SA).

External Server -> domain3, domain3 has SA disabled so the mail is not scanned for spam
domain3 -> domain1 (same server), since same server, the mail is not scanned for spam

You can re-enable the old transport system by going to WHM -> Service Configuration -> Exim Configuration Editor.

 

[jamesbond]

Thanks for the explanation David. Not sure I want to go back to the old configuration. Apart from this issue, I prefer the new setup.

Would simply enabling SA on the other domains (with the forwarders) solve the issue?
Or would I have to set up a pop-account along with each forwarder, in order to have SA scan the incoming mail?

 

[cPanelDavidG]

Thanks for the explanation David. Not sure I want to go back to the old configuration. Apart from this issue, I prefer the new setup.

Would simply enabling SA on the other domains (with the forwarders) solve the issue?
Or would I have to set up a pop-account along with each forwarder, in order to have SA scan the incoming mail?

I believe setting up SpamAssassin on the domain that initially receives the email should resolve the particular issue you are experiencing.