How can I test that the Anti-spam and Anti-virus is working?

How to test SpamAssassin

To test the spam filter, it is necessary to send a Gtube test spam email using the command below (Replacing emailonserver@example.com with a real email account on the server). If the Anti-spam is working correctly you will see it listed in the maillog and in Warden log under Warden -> Logs -> Message Log. While testing, note that Gtube test email gives +1000 scores to spam. So, even if a mailbox is in the whitelist, mail still be detected as spam because whitelisted email gets -100 scores.

Disable Greylisting:

If greylisting is enabled then you must disable it on the recipient domain before running these tests.

/usr/local/psa/bin/grey_listing --update-domain example.com -status off

Centos/RHEL/CloudLinux/AlmaLinux:

echo "XJS*C4JDBQADN1.NSBN3*2IDNEN*GTUBE-STANDARD-ANTI-UBE-TEST-EMAIL*C.34X" | mail -S smtp=localhost -r sender@test.com -s "Spam test example" emailonserver@example.com

Debian/Ubuntu:

apt-get install s-nail
echo "XJS*C4JDBQADN1.NSBN3*2IDNEN*GTUBE-STANDARD-ANTI-UBE-TEST-EMAIL*C.34X" | s-nail -S smtp=localhost -r sender@test.com -s "Spam test example" emailonserver@example.com

How to test ClamAV
To test the virus filter, it is necessary to download the eicar test virus email and send it using the command below (Replacing emailonserver@example.com with a real email account on the server). If the Anti-virus is working correctly you will see it get blocked and it will be listed in the maillog and in Warden -> Logs -> Message Log.

Disable Greylisting:

If greylisting is enabled then you must disable it on the recipient domain before running these tests.

/usr/local/psa/bin/grey_listing --update-domain example.com -status off

Centos/RHEL/CloudLinux/AlmaLinux:

wget http://www.eicar.org/download/eicar.com.txt
echo "TEST MESSAGE w/ ATTACHMENT" | mail -S smtp=localhost -r sender@test.com -s "A/V test example" -a eicar.com.txt emailonserver@example.com

Debian/Ubuntu:

apt-get install s-nail
wget http://www.eicar.org/download/eicar.com.txt
echo "TEST MESSAGE w/ ATTACHMENT" | s-nail -S smtp=localhost -r sender@test.com -s "A/V test example" -a eicar.com.txt emailonserver@example.com
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