# Email in Queue, SpamAssasin error

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/email-in-queue-spamassasin-error/26419>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 16, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/email-in-queue-spamassasin-error/26419 "2022-12-16T07:52:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![CarlJohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/carljohan/32/7016_2.png) [@CarlJohan](https://forum.mautic.org/u/CarlJohan)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/email-in-queue-spamassasin-error/26419/1 "2022-12-16T07:52:55Z")

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If I set emails to be sent via the Queue, and allow a small number of emails to be sent every time the cron job runs, I run the risk of SpamAssassin marking my email with the “DATE\_IN\_PAST\_03\_06” flag (for example).

If I understand this correctly, this is because Mautic “creates” the email, puts it in the spool folder and then sends it later, and ofc if I “spool” 1,000,000 emails and only allow for sending one per minute, they will be old.

Am I right in the assumption (that it works this way)?

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**Author:** ![EJL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ejl/32/12155_2.png) [@EJL](https://forum.mautic.org/u/EJL)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/email-in-queue-spamassasin-error/26419/2 "2023-10-01T14:35:50Z")

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The process is essentially the way you described.

You can set a flag in your swift mail send cron to send a specific number of emails per trigger and then set the cron to trigger at a time interval as little as once per minute. It will take some math to get the interval correct but it is possible with the right hardware and php/db tuning to accomplish your goal.