ASSP Deluxe for cPanel checklist

 


   ASSP Deluxe for cPanel checklist
   
Some brief recommendation to run ASSP Deluxe for cPanel without problems.

    Upgrade ASSP WHM , ASSP Deluxe and ASSP Deluxe frontend to latest version.

    Upgrade to ASSP to latest version 1.5.1.2 (1.2.0) 

    Did you ever apply post installation steps http://www.grscripts.com/howtofaq.html#16 ?

    Go to WHM/Services and be sure that the alternative exim port is NOT checked/used .Alternative port
    is set by ASSP web interface. Is spamd service fully disabled too ?

    Apply http://www.grscripts.com/tweaking.html#08 option 1

    Apply http://www.grscripts.com/tweaking.html#8

    Apply http://www.grscripts.com/tweaking.html#10

    Go to ASSP WHM > SCORE SETTINGS and set PenaltyMessageBlock to 45(min) 48(max)
    if you would moderate antispam settings (low risk to block a valid email);  if you would block more spam
    (low risk to block valid email) set PenaltyMessageBlock to 41(min) 44(max)

    Do you want much more protection against spam exiting from your server ?
    Read these
            -  local sender checks

            -  local spam detection

    Is your WHM/exim configuration editor configured correctly as the images below (cpanel 11.24 and 11.25) ?
 

cPanel 11.25

 

cPanel 11.24

 

    Are your ASSP Deluxe cronjobs similar to the following ?
    (please be sure all your crons are on a single line!)

 

54 2 * * * /usr/bin/freshclam --quiet --daemon-notify
10 7 * * * cd /usr/local/assp;perl /usr/local/assp/rebuildspamdb.pl
MAILTO=""
*/59 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/ex_localdomains.php
*/3 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/update_email.php
*/1 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/status.php
*/20 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/find_abusers.php sw=12 sc=32 er=13 lm=13 dc=25 rl=20 on=1
0 4 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/signatures.php
2 */6 * * * /usr/sbin/exiqgrep -o 33600 -i | /usr/bin/xargs /usr/sbin/exim -Mrm

MAILTO=root

and only if you are using the ASSP Deluxe spambox plugin similar to the following ?

54 2 * * * /usr/bin/freshclam --quiet --daemon-notify
10 7 * * * cd /usr/local/assp;perl /usr/local/assp/rebuildspamdb.pl
MAILTO=""
*/59 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/ex_localdomains.php
*/3 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/update_email.php
*/1 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/status.php
*/4 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/spam_cronjob.php high=7
10 8 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/clear_spambox.php sday=8 sp=yes limitspace=10000 remdays=4
*/20 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/find_abusers.php sw=12 sc=32 er=13 lm=13 dc=25 rl=20 on=1
0 4 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php-cgi /usr/local/assp/deluxe/signatures.php
2 */6 * * * /usr/sbin/exiqgrep -o 33600 -i | /usr/bin/xargs /usr/sbin/exim -Mrm

MAILTO=root
 

(with the above cron the clear_spambox removes automatically from accounts spam from spambox older
than 8 days and remove additional 4 days of spam if the spambox folder is greater than 10MB .
high=7 used by spam_cronjob.php cron, stops spambox execution is server load is higher than 7)

This line is optional and recommended (it leaves your mail queue cleaner ) .

2 */6 * * * /usr/sbin/exiqgrep -o 33600 -i | /usr/bin/xargs /usr/sbin/exim -Mrm

    Do you want configure ASSP more deeper ? Read this http://www.grscripts.com/tweaking.html