---
name: "Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AccessDB"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "spamassassin"
version: "4.0.2-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AccessDB"
---

# Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AccessDB(3pm)

check message against Access Database

## NAME

Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AccessDB - check message against Access Database

## SYNOPSIS

```
  loadplugin     Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AccessDB
  header   ACCESSDB  eval:check_access_database('/etc/mail/access.db')
  describe ACCESSDB  Message would have been caught by accessdb
  tflags   ACCESSDB  userconf
  score    ACCESSDB  2
```

## DESCRIPTION

Many MTAs support access databases, such as Sendmail, Postfix, etc. This plugin does similar checks to see whether a message would have been flagged.

The rule returns false if an entry isn't found, or the entry has a RHS of *OK* or *SKIP*.

The rule returns true if an entry exists and has a RHS of *REJECT*, *ERROR*, or *DISCARD*.

Note: only the first word (split on non-word characters) of the RHS is checked, so `"error:5.7.1:..."` means `"ERROR"`.

**AccessDB Pointers:**

```
  http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap22sec178.html
  http://www.postfix.org/access.5.html
```