Whitelisted sender mail coming in to Junk.
Problem reported by Chris Danks - Today at 1:59 AM
Submitted
Reported
Hello,

We're running SmarterMail Build 9756 and noticed an issue, whitelisted senders are still going to spam folder.

SMTP Log for the particular email:


[2026.09.21] 18:22:37.024 [37428634] Delivery started for sender@gmail.com at 18:22:37
[2026.09.21] 18:22:40.031 [37428634] Added to SpamCheckQueue (1 queued; 2/30 processing)
[2026.09.21] 18:22:40.031 [37428634] [SpamCheckQueue] Begin Processing.
[2026.09.21] 18:22:40.038 [37428634] Blocked Sender Checks started.
[2026.09.21] 18:22:40.055 [37428634] Blocked Sender Checks completed.
[2026.09.21] 18:22:40.055 [37428634] [Cyren Client] Start Scanning Message. Enabled Services: All, MailFrom: sender@gmail.com, SenderIP: 74.125.227.147, MessagePath: C:/SmarterMail/Spool/SubSpool3/37428634.eml
[2026.09.21] 18:22:41.053 [37428634] [Cyren Client] Done Scanning Message. MessagePath: C:/SmarterMail/Spool/SubSpool3/37428634.eml Results AV: Unknown, AS: Unknown, RefID: str=0001.0A2D031A.6AB167E1.0021,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0
[2026.09.21] 18:22:41.054 [37428634] Spam Checks started.
[2026.09.21] 18:22:41.071 [37428634] Message exceeds maximum scanning size, skipping content based checks.
[2026.09.21] 18:22:41.071 [CyrenIP Client] Cyren Daemon already started. (2)18:22:41.297 [37428634] [CyrenIP Client] Done Scanning IP Address. IP Address: 74.125.227.147 Reputation: Low, Score: 70, IPClass: T3
[2026.09.21] 18:22:41.383 [37428634] Finished running spam checks. Time (non-rbls): 311ms, Time (URIBL/RBLS): 0ms
[2026.09.21] 18:22:41.384 [37428634] Spam Check results: [REVERSE DNS LOOKUP: 0,Passed], [_SPF: 0,Pass], [SPAMHAUS: 0], [BACKSCATTER: 0], [UCEPROTECT LEVEL 2: 0], [TRUNCATE: 0], [HOSTKARMA: 5], [SURRIEL: 0], [SEM - BLACK: 0], [UCEPROTECT LEVEL 1: 0], [BARRACUDA: 0], [SPAMCOP: 0], [_DMARC: 0,passed], [NULL SENDER: 0,passed], [_CYREN: 0,Unknown], [_CYRENIP: 0,LOW], [_DKIM: 0,Pass], [_ARC: pass]
[2026.09.21] 18:22:41.384 [37428634] Spam Checks completed.
[2026.09.21] 18:22:41.389 [37428634] Removed from SpamCheckQueue (0 queued or processing)
[2026.09.21] 18:22:43.066 [37428634] Added to LocalDeliveryQueue (1 queued; 2/50 processing)
[2026.09.21] 18:22:43.066 [37428634] [LocalDeliveryQueue] Begin Processing.
[2026.09.21] 18:22:43.103 [37428634] Starting local delivery to info@redacted.net
[2026.09.21] 18:22:43.126 [37428634] Skipping spam filtering: Trusted Sender (user level)
[2026.09.21] 18:22:43.197 [37428634] Message saved to MailProcessing directory for info@redacted.net. File name: 37428634-50002-NOID.tmpmsg
[2026.09.21] 18:22:43.197 [37428634] Process delivery status notification step from local recipient success. Recipient: [info@redacted.net], Notify: [], Delivered: [True], Forwarded: [False], Deleted: False
[2026.09.21] 18:22:43.198 [37428634] Delivery for sender@gmail.com to info@redacted.net has completed (Delivered) Filter: None
[2026.09.21] 18:22:43.198 [37428634] End delivery to info@redacted.net (MessageID: <CA+Eoc78OUsVfkNY_67dM2d0d1XLodAm7H-sS1QEvLe4vEVnF3g@mail.gmail.com>)
[2026.09.21] 18:22:43.198 [37428634] Removed from LocalDeliveryQueue (0 queued or processing)
[2026.09.21] 18:22:46.076 [37428634] Removing Spool message: Killed: False, Failed: False, Finished: True
[2026.09.21] 18:22:46.076 [37428634] Delivery finished for sender@gmail.com at 18:22:46    [id:37428634]


This issue happened not too long after we enabled spamfoo, could it be related?
terry fairbrother Replied
I have a custom anti spam rule with weights 'good' email addresses with -300 so it ensures they arrive
Chris Danks Replied
sounds like a good workaround but not a fix!
did you have this issue before spamfoo or only since enabling it?
terry fairbrother Replied
before spamfoo. But after spamfoo the number of false positives did increase and it was taking too much of my time to go into the spamfoo console and 'not spam'-ing emails / domains and reporting them
Millennium Systems Replied
Terry,

Did you check the Delivery log for more details? The SMTP log really doesn't provide the full picture.
terry fairbrother Replied
just looked in the header to see what weights had been applied with RspamD and spamfoo

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