---
title: "Spam-score a draft"
method: POST
path: "/emails/spam-preview"
tags: ["Emails"]
---

# Spam-score a draft

`POST /emails/spam-preview`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.poststack.dev`
- URL: `https://api.poststack.dev/emails/spam-preview`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `https://poststack.dev/oauth/authorize`
    - Token URL: `https://poststack.dev/oauth/token`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/poststack/apis/poststack-api/docs/emails/spam-preview/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Runs only the rspamd check. Stores nothing.

## Request body

- SpamPreviewInput
  - `from` string, required
  - `to` string[], required
  - `subject` string, required
  - `html` string
  - `text` string

## Response `200`

Spam verdict.

- object
  - `score` number
  - `action` string
  - `symbols` SpamSymbol[]
    - `name` string, required
    - `score` number, required
    - `description` string
  - `skipped` boolean: True when the spam checker was unreachable (fails open).

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation failed — `error` names each offending field (`field: message`).
- `401`: Missing, malformed or unknown credentials (`WWW-Authenticate: Bearer …` is set).
- `403`: The credential lacks the `email:send` scope (body `{ error: "insufficient_scope", required, missing }`), or the team is suspended.
- `429`: Rate limited (30/min). `Retry-After` gives the seconds to wait; `X-RateLimit-*` headers are sent on every response.

## Changes

- **2026-11-12** `0d3971e3a670`: 2 warning
  - the `from` request property's maxLength was set to `998`
  - the `to/items/` request property's maxLength was set to `320`
- **2026-09-30** `4dc1e20989c8`: 12 warning
  - added the new `daily_limit_exceeded` enum value to the `anyOf[#/components/schemas/Error]/code` response property for the response status `403`
  - added the new `daily_limit_exceeded` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `daily_limit_exceeded` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `401`
  - added the new `daily_limit_exceeded` enum value to the `code` response property for the response status `429`
  - …8 more
- **2026-09-29** `ef5b22b98333`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/poststack/apis/poststack-api/changes/emails/spam-preview/post.md)

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