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Spamassasin filter foreign language emails

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    nisamudeen97 Well-Known Member

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    Hi,

    I would like to do global filtering of foreign language emails using Spamassasin. I would like to reject emails especially Chinese. I have gone through different docs regarding the same. Below are the ones which I have followed for testing. Meanwhile I could see non are helpful. Still I receive Chinese emails. I have tried to debug the case and found the below error in "/var/log/maillog". Look to have some expert advise on this.

    lifewire.com/spamassassin-foreign-language-spam-1166250

    weavweb.net/2015/10/11/cpanel-email-filtering-to-stop-chinese-or-non-english-character-spam/


    config: failed to parse, now a plugin, skipping, in "/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf": ok_languages en de la th sv
     
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    Hello,

    Could you let us know the specific changes you made to the /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf file?

    Thank you.
     
    #2 cPanelMichael, Jun 15, 2017
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    Hi,

    I just added the below line as extra in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf, rest of the things are default.

    ok_languages en
     

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    Hello,

    You'd need to also enable the TextCat plugin referenced at:

    ImproveAccuracy - Spamassassin Wiki

    To do so, add the following line to the /etc/mail/spamassassin/init.pre file:

    Code:
    loadplugin Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::TextCat
    Then, restart SpamAssassin via:

    Code:
    /scripts/restartsrv_spamd
    Thank you.
     
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    Hi,

    Thanks for the update. I have done the same, but still emails with Chinese are coming and it is reaching inbox.
     

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    Hello,

    Feel free to open a support ticket using the link in my signature if you'd like us to take a closer look. You can post the ticket number here so we can update this thread with the outcome.

    Thank you.
     
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    Hi,

    Ticket is opened for the same. Ticket number #
    8605173
     
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    Hello,

    To update, a symbolic link was created using the below commands to ensure the TextCat SpamAssassin plugin worked as expected:

    Code:
    cd /var/lib/spamassassin/3.004001/
ln -s updates_spamassassin_org/languages languages
    Thank you.
     
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    Meanwhile it is not working still. Chinese emails are coming as usual to inbox. I have updated the same in ticket.
     
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    I once wrote a filter rule to block chinese emails.
    Take a look at all the chinese emails that your recieve and you'll start to spot a few common chinese characters.
    I copied and pasted a few in to a global filter rule, they almost stopped over night.
     
    #10 keat63, Jun 22, 2017
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