How to Configure the SpamAssassin Score Setting
- Click the ‘Spam Filters’ link on the main cPanel dashboard. Click on “Spam Filters”
- Click on the ‘Spam Threshold Score’ link.
- Adjust the Spam Threshold Score to your desired level.
How to use Spamassassin with Postfix?
How to Install Spamassassin with Postfix and Dovecot on Ubuntu/Debian Server
- Install Spamassassin.
- Setup a user account and group for spamd service.
- Configure Spamassassin.
- Start the Spamassassin daemon (spamd)
- Configure Postfix to use Spamassassin as a filter.
- Configure Spamassassin to Mark Spam Messages.
What is Dovecot and postfix?
Postfix is an open-source mail transfer agent (MTA), a service used to send and receive emails. Dovecot is an IMAP/POP3 server and in our setup it will also handle local delivery and user authentication.
Do I need Dovecot with postfix?
Once Postfix is installed, mail can be sent to and from the server, although without a mail server like Dovecot or Cyrus, you will only be able to see the email on the server.
What is the purpose of Dovecot?
Dovecot developers primarily aim to produce a lightweight, fast and easy-to-set-up open-source email server. The primary purpose of Dovecot is to act as mail storage server. Mail is delivered to the server using some mail delivery agent (MDA) and stored for later access with an email client (mail user agent, or MUA).
What is a Dovecot in Linux?
Dovecot is a Mail Delivery Agent, written with security primarily in mind. It supports the major mailbox formats: mbox or Maildir. This section explains how to set it up as an IMAP or POP3 server.
Why do I need Dovecot with postfix?
Postfix handles the sending and receiving of mail. Dovecot is what users, or rather their mail client of choice, connect to when they want to read the mail. Dovecot is the most standard compliant IMAP server and it just works.
