Spamd Startup Configuration

Spamd Startup Configuration

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:

  1. Enter the desired value for the option that you wish to change.
  2. 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 spamd daemon, enter a comma-separated list of IP addresses in the Allowed IPs text box. If you do not enter a value, the spamddaemon allows connections from any IP address.

Warning:

If you restrict access to the spamd daemon, you must include the local IP address (127.0.0.1) to ensure that the chkservd daemon can access the spamd daemon. If you do not include this IP address in the Allowed IPs list, the spamd daemon will fail.

   
Maximum Connections per Child

Defines the maximum number of connections that a spamd child process may have. After a spamdchild process reaches the maximum number of connections, the spamd daemon will abandon the child process.

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 spamd daemon to wait before it abandons a TCP connection. If you set the value to 0, the spamd daemon will not abandon TCP connections.

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 0, the spamd daemon child processes will not abandon TCP connections.

300 1
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