Mountain Lion Server: Spamassassin not rewriting subject on messages

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Mountain Lion Server: Spamassassin not rewriting subject on messages

Hello,

I'm wondering if anyone else has run into this. I am attempting to get spam filtering to work properly on OSX 10.8 Server. I have set "mail:postfix:spam_notify_admin_email=" to my address and am receiving notifications of spam messages. However, the messages are being delivered without the subject being modified to refelect spam detection. "mail:postfix:spam_rewrite_subject=yes" is set, yet no love.

Does anyone know if documentation for all of the mail server settings exists anywhere? I'm tempted to call Apple, but I suspect it will be an exercise in futility.

Thanks!

BK

Mac mini, OS X Server

Posted on Aug 10, 2012 6:39 AM

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Answer 1

niwrik Author

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Aug 10, 2012 10:14 AM in response to niwrik

If any of you geniuses are out there, I think this may be a clue:

Aug 10 13:09:42 server.domain.com /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/amavisd[14882]: SA info: config: failed to parse line, skipping, in "/Library/Server/Mail/Config/spamassassin/local.cf": rewrite_subject 1

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Answer 2

Aug 10, 2012 5:12 PM in response to niwrik

Try:

$ sudo serveradmin settings mail:postfix:spam_subject_tag = "***JUNK MAIL***"

$ sudo serveradmin stop mail

$ sudo serveradmin start mail

Cheers

Gerry

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niwrik Author

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Aug 11, 2012 6:13 AM in response to redshift82r

Thanks for your response. I had actually got it working. I think it was a combination of factors, given the amount of tinkering I had done over the past few days. I had made edits to local.cf and amavisd.conf manually. I think the issue could have been an inconsistancy between the two files from the initial edits. Part of the solution was exactly what you described, so thanks very much!

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Answer 4

Aug 11, 2012 8:12 AM in response to niwrik

Welcome :)

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Answer 5

Sep 19, 2012 3:43 AM in response to redshift82r

I'm having the same problem, however I didn't do any tweaking in the config files. In the listing of all the mail settings, rewrite subject is on and the subject tag has a junk mail message set.

Any ideas of how to get this working would be appreciated!

Cheers

Jeff

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niwrik Author

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Sep 19, 2012 11:22 AM in response to Jeff Hargrove

Try sliding the filter setting all the way to the left (cautious/40). I chased my tail for a long time before I found that the settings are seemingly inverted.

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Answer 7

Sep 19, 2012 2:34 PM in response to niwrik

Thanks for the suggestion!

I've moved the slider, now waiting for spam!

I'll report back to see how that works out.

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Answer 8

Sep 19, 2012 3:51 PM in response to niwrik

Hey, it worked!

Thanks!

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