Retrieving Info on Spam Filtering service

Use the get operation to retrieve status of Spam Filtering service, and Spam Filtering preferences for a specified user (Administrator or mailbox owner).

In this chapter:

Request Packet Structure

Response Packet Structure

Samples

 

Request Packet Structure

A request XML packet retrieving info on Spam Filtering service includes the get operation node:

<packet version="1.4.2.0">
<spamfilter>
<get>
...  
</get>
</spamfilter>
</packet>

 

The get node is presented by the SpamFilterGetInputType type (spamfilter.xsd), and its graphical representation is as follows:

  • The filter node is required. It specifies the filtering rule. Data type: SpamassassinFilterType (spamfilter.xsd).

 

Remarks

You can retrieve info on users specified by SpamAssassin ID, and users specified by e-mail address in a single packet. Add ID's of users specified by SpamAssassin ID to the filter node of the first get operation, and e-mail addresses of users specified by e-mail address (or string admin) to the filter node of the second get operation.

<get>
<filter>
... 
</filter>
</get>
 
<get>
<filter>
... 
</filter>
</get>

 

 

Response Packet Structure

The get node of the output XML packet is presented by type SpamFilterGetOutputType (spamfilter.xsd) and structured as follows:

  • The result node is required. It wraps the response retrieved from the server. Data type: ResultFilterType (common.xsd).
  • The status node is required. It specifies the execution status of the get operation. Data type: string. Allowed values: ok | error.
  • The errcode node is optional. Is returns the error code if the get operation fails. Data type: integer.
  • The errtext node is optional. It returns the error message if the get operation fails. Data type: string.
  • The filter-id node is optional. It holds the filtering rule parameter. For information, refer to the Available Filters section. Data type: anySimpleType.
  • The id node is optional. It returns the ID of the Spamassassin user if the operation succeeds. Data type: integer.


    The following nodes are nested in the response packet only if the operation succeeds:

  • The username node is optional. It holds the e-mail address of SpamAssassin user, or string 'admin'. Data type: string.
  • The enabled node is optional. It specifies if the Spam Filtering service is enabled for a specified SpamAssassin user. For more information, refer to the Managing Spam Filtering section. Data type: none.
  • The disabled node is optional. It specifies if the Spam Filtering service is disabled for a specified SpamAssassin user. For more information, refer to the Managing Spam Filtering section. Data type: none.
  • The preferences node is optional. It specifies preferences of Spam Filtering service for a specified user. For information on preferences, refer to the Spam Filtering Preferences section. Data type: SpamassassinPreferencesType (spamfilter.xsd).

 

 

Samples

Retrieving info on a single user

This request packet retrieves configuration of Spam Filtering service for Administrator (server).

<packet>
<spamfilter>
   <get>
      <filter>
         <username>admin</username>
      </filter>
   </get>
</spamfilter>
</packet>

Response:

<packet>
<spamfilter>
   <get>
   <result>
      <status>ok</status>
      <filter-id>admin</filter-id>
      <id>1</id>
 
      <username>admin</username>
 
      <enabled/>
 
      <preferences>
         <personal>1</personal>
         <max-children-process>5</max-children-process>
      </preferences>
 
   </result>
   </get>
</spamfilter>
</packet>

 

If the SpamAssassin service was not found on the server, the response is as follows:

<packet>
<spamfilter>
<get>
   <result>
      <status>error</status>
      <errcode>1026</errcode>
      <errtext>Component is not installed.</errtext>
      <filter-id>admin</filter-id>
   </result>
</get>
</spamfilter>
</packet> 
Retrieving info on multiple users

This request packet retrieves configuration of Spam Filtering service for mailboxes mybox@site.com and my@site.com.

<packet>
<spamfilter>
<get>

   <filter>
      <username>mybox@site.com</username>
      <username>my@site.com</username>
   </filter>
 
</get>
</spamfilter>
</packet>

Response:

<packet>
<spamfilter>
   <get>
   <result>
      <status>ok</status>
      <filter-id>mybox@site.com</filter-id>
      <id>11</id>
 
      <username>mybox@site.com</username>
 
      <enabled/>
 
      <preferences>
         <rewrite-header>SPAM</rewrite-header>
      </preferences>
 
   </result>
 
   <result>
      <status>ok</status>
      <filter-id>my@site.com</filter-id>
      <id>12</id>
 
      <username>my@site.com</username>
 
      <disabled/>
 
      <preferences>
         <action>text</action>
      </preferences>
 
   </result>
   </get>
</spamfilter>
</packet>