---
name: "Mail::MIMEDefang::Antispam"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "mimedefang"
version: "3.6-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Mail::MIMEDefang::Antispam"
---

# Mail::MIMEDefang::Antispam(3)

antispam related methods for email filters

## NAME

Mail::MIMEDefang::Antispam - antispam related methods for email filters

## DESCRIPTION

Mail::MIMEDefang::Antispam are a set of methods that can be called from *mimedefang-filter* to check email messages with antispam softwares.

## METHODS

- spam\_assassin\_is\_spam

  Method that scans a mmessage using SpamAssassin and returns True if the email message has been detected as spam.

- spam\_assassin\_check

  Method that scans a message using SpamAssassin and returns an array of four elements,

  - •

    Weight of message ('hits')

  - •

    Number of hits required before SA considers a message spam

  - •

    Comma separated list of symbolic test names that were triggered

  - •

    A 'report' string, detailing tests that failed and their weights

- spam\_assassin\_status

  Method that scans a mmessage using SpamAssassin and returns a `"Mail::SpamAssassin:PerMsgStatus"` object. The caller is responsible for calling the `"finish"` method.

- spam\_assassin\_init

  Initialize Apache SpamAssassin and returns a `"Mail::SpamAssassin"` object.

- spam\_assassin\_mail

  Method that calls SpamAssassin and returns a `"Mail::SpamAssassin::Message"` object.

- md\_spamc\_init

  Initialize Apache SpamAssassin and returns a `"Mail::SpamAssassin::Client"` object. `"md_spamc_init"` and `"md_spamc_check"` subs should be used only with Apache SpamAssassin starting from version 4.0.1.

  The sub returns a Mail::SpamAssassin::Client object.

  Optional parameters are SpamAssassin host, SpamAssassin port, the username to pass to SpamAssassin server and the maximum size of the email message.

- md\_spamc\_check

  Method that scans the message using SpamAssassin Perl client and returns an array of four elemets:

  - •

    Weight of message ('score')

  - •

    Number of hits required before Apache SpamAssassin considers a message spam

  - •

    A 'report' string, detailing tests that failed and their weights

  - •

    A flag explaining if the email is a spam message or not (true/false).

  Required parameters is a Mail::SpamAssassin::Client object initialized by calling `"md_spamc_init"` sub.

- rspamd\_check

  Method that scans the message using Rspamd and returns an array of six elemets:

  - •

    Weight of message ('hits')

  - •

    Number of hits required before Rspamd considers a message spam

  - •

    Comma separated list of symbolic test names that were triggered

  - •

    A 'report' string, detailing tests that failed and their weights\
       or a Json report if JSON and LWP modules are present

  - •

    An action that should be applied to the email

  - •

    A flag explaining if the email is a spam message or not (true/false).

  An optional rspamd url can be passed to the method, its default value is http://127.0.0.1:11333.