Enable or exclude mailbox scanning

cPFence v4+ mailbox scans check messages and attachments separately from website files. Messages larger than 10 MB are skipped and counted in the scan log.

Enable or disable scanning

Mailbox scanning has its own switch. The picture shows this server's saved settings, not fresh-install defaults or a scan result. Identifying values are hidden. Select the image for full size; use browser Back to return.

1. Open Threat & Malware Detection and choose one server.
2. Open Settings, set Email Scanning, then Save.
3. Review mail counts and errors in full/smart scan output.

Root administrators can use:

Action	Command
Enable mailbox scanning	cpfence --enable-mail-scan
Disable mailbox scanning	cpfence --disable-mail-scan

Scanning and quarantine are separate

Turning off Email Quarantine or Email Spam Protection does not disable mailbox scanning. Use Email Scanning to stop those scans. Website quarantine has its own switch.

Exclude one mailbox

Identify the mailbox’s actual absolute directory before adding an exception. As root, replace the example with that directory:

Action	Command
Add exact-path exception	cpfence --exclude-exact-path /var/local/enhance/email/mailboxes/CONTAINER/MAILBOX
Remove exact-path exception	cpfence --del-exclude-exact-path /var/local/enhance/email/mailboxes/CONTAINER/MAILBOX

The second command reverses the exception. Excluding a mailbox skips its messages; it does not make them safe. See email quarantine and mail scheduling.