How to Disable Zimbra's AntiSpam and AntiVirus filtering

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Disabling Zimbra's AntiSpam and AntiVirus filtering

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Problem

How to disable Zimbra's AntiSpam and AntiVirus filtering

Solution

• Check whether antispam and antivirus service is enabled currently on server using the given command

zmprov gs <mail.example.com> | egrep -i 'serviceen|servicein' 

The above command will list all the services which are currently installed and enabled on the server.

• Disable the antivirus and antispam services using the given commands

zmprov ms <mail.example.com> -zimbraServiceEnabled antispam 
zmprov ms <mail.example.com> -zimbraServiceEnabled antivirus 

• Comment the following line in the file /opt/zimbra/common/conf/main.cf

content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024 

• Restart services on server

zmcontrol restart 

• Confirm that the antispam and antivirus services are disabled with the given command

zmprov -l gs <mail.example.com> | egrep -i 'serviceen|servicein' 
zmcontrol status 

Submitted by: Aarti Shah