Question Plesk Email Security - how/where to adjust spam assassin its score points

[TomBoB]

Let me explain. In the past - pre PES - we created in /etc/mail/spamassassin/ a file called ownrules.cf and had in it for example:

score INVALID_MSGID 3.5
score MPART_ALT_DIFF 2.8
score RCVD_IN_XBL 4
score RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET 4
score URIBL_ABUSE_SURBL 3
score URIBL_DBL_SPAM 3.5

Worked a treat. This was to adjust spam assassin its scoring a little to match what we found works best for our clientele.

Switched a server to PES. PES also uses spam assassin - as can be seen by email headers - but apparently it's implemented differently. Above doesn't work anymore.

Does anyone know where/how to adjust spam assassin its score points while using PES? I can't find it.

Thanks, Tom

PS.: Plesk, if you put a link to a PES documentation (on this page) it would be nice if it actually led to one (as in: to a proper manual) not a marketing page with a "buy" button.

 

[TomBoB]

ADD-ON:
found this page which confirms that under PES spam assassin is used differently.

Question remains: how to adjust/change spam assassins scoring points ?

 

[danami]

Question remains: how to adjust/change spam assassins scoring points ?

This should work the same. Just make sure that you restart Amavis after you add your ownrules.cf file in /etc/mail/spamassassin/

//Centos
systemctl restart amavisd

//Debian/Ubuntu
systemctl restart amavis