Computer Tips - SpamAssassin: put spam messages into a folder with Postfix and Dovecot

Date: 2019sep25 Distro: RedHat/Fedora/CentOS Products: dovecot, postfix Q. SpamAssassin: put spam messages into a folder with Postfix and Dovecot A. Use LMTP (Local Mail Transport Protocol) with a sieve First, setup LMTP https://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixDovecotLMTP (But don't add the "quota" plugin, unless you want it) In file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf
auth_username_format = %Ln
(Removes the @ and domain name) Its probably a good idea to restart Dovecot and Postfix and do some tests now. Then you need to install a "sieve" plugin for Dovecot called Pigeonhole
dnf install dovecot-pigeonhole
In file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf
namespace inbox { ... mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } }
In file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-lmtp.conf
protocol lmtp { postmaster_address = postmaster@yourdomain.com mail_plugins = $mail_plugins sieve }
In file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-sieve.conf
plugin { sieve_default = /etc/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve }
Make a folder
mkdir /etc/dovecot/sieve
In file /etc/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve
require "fileinto"; require "imap4flags"; # Mark really spammy mail as read (optional) if header :contains "X-Spam-Level" "**********" { addflag "\\seen"; } if header :contains "X-Spam-Flag" "YES" { fileinto "Junk"; } # For testing (optional) if header :contains "subject" "test" { fileinto "Junk"; }
Compile it
sievec /etc/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve
In file /etc/postfix/header_checks remove (if present)
## /^X-Spam-Flag: YES/ DISCARD SpamAssassin Confirmed Spam Content
Restart everything
systemctl restart dovecot spamassassin postfix
Test by sending a mail with Subject: test More info http://sieve.info