Managing Spam Filtering Service

Operator: <spamfilter>

XML Schema: spamfilter.xsd

Plesk version: Plesk for Unix 8.0 and later

API RPC version: 1.4.2.0

Plesk user: Plesk Administrator

Description

The spamfilter operator manages filtering of undesirable correspondence using SpamAssassin tool in Plesk. Before using the operator, ensure the SpamAssassin is installed on the server.

Plesk Administrator can enable or disable Spam Filtering service on the server. A mailbox owner can enable or disable Spam Filtering service for a specified mailbox on condition the Administrator enables manual configuration of Spam Filtering service for mailbox owners.

To sort incoming messages, Spam Filtering service uses black, white, unblack, and unwhite lists. Spam Filtering lists are divided into two groups:

For information on the lists, refer to the Types of Server Lists, Types of Lists Available for Mailbox Owner sections.

Addresses are kept in the form of templates called patterns both in black and white lists. For information on patterns, refer to the Defining Pattern section.

 

Supported operations

 

Remarks

For more information on SpamAssassin application, visit http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/.

Next in this section:

Available Filters

About Spam Filtering

Adding Pattern

Removing Pattern

Retrieving Patterns

Retrieving Info on Spam Filtering service

Setting Spam Filtering Preferences

Retrieving Available Spam Filtering Preferences

Retrieving Allowed Lists

Checking Status of Spam Filtering Service