Enable or disable email quarantine

Email quarantine in cPFence v4+ is independent of website-file quarantine.

Using the WebUI

Review scanning and quarantine separately. The picture shows saved settings, not proof that a message was quarantined. Identifying values are hidden. Select the image for full size; use browser Back to return.

1. Open Threat & Malware Detection, choose one server and open Settings.
2. Set Email Quarantine, then Save.
3. Check the saved value and each detected message’s action in scan output.

Email Scanning must be enabled separately. Support users need target-server access and protection-setting permission.

Using the CLI

Run as root on the target server:

Action	Command
Enable email quarantine	cpfence --enable-email-quarantine
Disable email quarantine	cpfence --disable-email-quarantine

Disabling quarantine does not disable scanning

With email quarantine off, enabled mailbox scans still report infected messages and leave them in place. To stop mailbox scans, disable Email Scanning instead. Changing the switch does not restore previously quarantined messages.

Messages can disappear from the mailbox

Enabling quarantine moves detected messages out of their original mailbox paths. Review the action and any errors before assuming a message was isolated.

See mailbox scanning and quarantine recovery.