How to Configure the Apache SpamAssassin Report_Safe Option

Overview

The Apache SpamAssassinâ„¢ Report_Safe option allows you to modify how Apache SpamAssassin alerts email recipients that an email failed its spam tests. You can configure this option in the /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf global configuration file.

Warnings:

• This document is for cPanel & WHM version 11.52 and earlier. We removed the Old-Style Spam System setting and its functionality in cPanel & WHM version 54.
• You must perform both of the following steps to properly configure the Report_Safe option. 

Configure the Report_Safe option

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Enable the Old-Style Spam System setting.

Note:

We removed the Old-Style Spam System setting in cPanel & WHM version 54. In cPanel & WHM version 11.52 and earlier, Exim cannot override any changes to the /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf file when you enable this setting.

To enable this setting, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to WHM as the root user.
2. Navigate to WHM’s Exim Configuration Manager interface (Home >> Service Configuration >> Exim Configuration Manager) and select the Apache SpamAssassinâ„¢ Options tab.
3. For the Old-Style Spam System setting, select On.
4. Click Save.

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Edit the global Apache SpamAssassin configuration file.

Log in to your server via SSH as the root user and modify the Report_Safe value in the /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf file to use one of the following values:

Value	Description
0	Show the SPAM rules in the email header and leave the message body intact.
1	Add the following attachments: A document that details the spam rule offense. The suspected spam email.
2	Cause the body of the email to include the spam rule offense text, and add the following attachments: A document that details the spam rule offense. The suspected spam email.

Ref : https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CKB/How+to+Configure+the+Apache+SpamAssassin+Report_Safe+Option