# Anti Spam Strictness

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**Category:** Virtualmin\
**Created:** [September 6, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/anti-spam-strictness/134883 "2025-09-06T04:29:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![popmay](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@popmay](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/popmay)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/anti-spam-strictness/134883/7 "2025-09-06T14:21:20Z")

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There is a lot of info out there. Chasing spam is tedious.  
I find adding this header to be helpful

 ![Screenshot 2025-09-06 at 7.52.43 AM](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/9/d9f1fdd55dad344997619464b26523ecf13423b4.png)

Here is a full list under TEMPLATE TAGS

> **[Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf - SpamAssassin configuration file](https://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.1.x/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html)**

Adds a header that shows what rules are triggered with their score.

Non spam example:

 ![Screenshot 2025-09-06 at 8.16.56 AM](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/2/b2ae3845f41b88de17f8233e4bf395307fea1821.png)

Spam caught showing weighted rules:

 ![Screenshot 2025-09-06 at 8.20.39 AM](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/3/437b03f5378949ca98c411b4a86e4dc7f85713b5.png)

To weight existing rules first see what is being triggered in X-Spam-Status, copy the rule exactly and change its value in Header and Body tests.

 ![Screenshot 2025-09-06 at 9.06.47 AM](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/0/80b2eaba6adfee37e01b34ba23d87b0fc442e3cf.png)

 ![Screenshot 2025-09-06 at 9.06.11 AM](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/b/0b8a68fbf5dacf2c3082ef7e48b6082d5a5a381c.png)

I have better luck if I keep the triggers short. i in the next column makes the trigger not case sensitive

 ![Screenshot 2025-09-06 at 8.56.39 AM](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/2/72a94f39a15fe46e3867417182cafaac92847ff2.png)

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