Apache SpamAssassin™ is a spam filter utility that examines incoming email and tests for spam characteristics. If you enable Apache SpamAssassin on your server, the Apache SpamAssassin daemon (spamd) provides the Apache SpamAssassin service to your mail server.
Use the Spamd Startup Configuration interface to configure the startup options for the Apache SpamAssassin daemon.
Configure options
To configure the options that the Apache SpamAssassin daemon uses at startup, perform the following steps:
- Enter the desired value for the option that you wish to change.
- Click Save.
The following table describes the available options:
|
Option
|
Description
|
Default value
|
Minimum value
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Allowed IPs |
To only allow connections from specific IP addresses to access the Warning: If you restrict access to the |
||
| Maximum Connections per Child |
Defines the maximum number of connections that a |
200 |
1 |
| Maximum Children | Defines the maximum number of child processes that a spamd process can spawn at startup. |
5 |
1 |
| PID File | Defines a custom location of the spamd.pid file. |
/var/run/spamd.pid |
|
| TCP Timeout |
Defines the amount of time, in seconds, that you wish for the |
30 |
1 |
| TCP Child Timeout |
Defines the amount of time, in seconds that you wish for a child process to wait before it abandons a TCP connection. If you set the value to |
300 |
1 |
