diff --git a/bin/vmail-mboxes-add.sh b/bin/vmail-mboxes-add.sh
index fa9679d..a0a9cc5 100755
--- a/bin/vmail-mboxes-add.sh
+++ b/bin/vmail-mboxes-add.sh
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ help()
   echo "$thisfilename"
   echo "Add email account to vmail system"
   echo ""
-  echo "usage: $thisfilename -e <email> -p <password> [-q <quota>] [-s <0|1>] [-h]"
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename -e <email> -p <password> [-q <quota>] [-s <0|1>] [-j <0|1|2>] [-h]"
   echo ""
   echo "  -h            Print this help."
   echo "  -e <email>    Email address to add."
   echo "  -p <password> Unencrypted Password for new email address."
   echo "  -q <quota>    Set mailbox quota in GB, otherwise default for this domain is used. NULL means no limit."
   echo "  -s <0|1>      Status. 1 for enabled, 0 for disabled. Default is in db structure and is normally set to 1."
+  echo "  -j <0|1|2>    Filter Junk/Spam messages. 0 = not filtering. 1 = filter Junk only. 2 = filter Junk & Spam. Default is 2."
 }
 
 vmail:getoptions "$@"
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ if [ "$rowcount" -eq '0' ] ; then
   if [[ -n $status ]] ; then
     dbcmd="$dbcmd, status=\"$status\""
   fi
+  if [[ -n $filter ]] ; then
+    dbcmd="$dbcmd, filter=\"$filter\""
+  fi
   if [ -z "$quota" ] ; then
     # get mbox_quota_default from domains table
     quota=`mysql --defaults-extra-file=$MYSQL_CONNECTION_INFO_FILE -s -r -N -e "SELECT mbox_quota_default from vm_domains WHERE domain='$domain';"`
diff --git a/bin/vmail-mboxes-mod.sh b/bin/vmail-mboxes-mod.sh
index e0211f9..592f95a 100755
--- a/bin/vmail-mboxes-mod.sh
+++ b/bin/vmail-mboxes-mod.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ help()
   echo "  -p <password> Set new password."
   echo "  -q <quota>    Set mailbox quota in GB, otherwise default for this domain is used. NULL means no limit."
   echo "  -s <0|1>      1 for enabled, 0 for disabled. Default is in db structure and is normally set to 1."
+  echo "  -j <0|1|2>    Filter Junk/Spam message. 0 = not filtering. 1 = filter Junk only. 2 = filter Junk & Spam. Default is 2."
   exit
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +72,14 @@ if [ ! -z "$status" ]; then
   dbset="$dbset status=\"$status\""
 fi
 
+# check for junk filter update
+if [ ! -z "$filter" ]; then
+  if [ ! -z "$dbset" ]; then
+    dbset="$dbset,"
+  fi
+  dbset="$dbset filter=\"$filter\""
+fi
+
 if [ -n "$dbset" ]; then
 
   # build query
diff --git a/bin/vmail.sh b/bin/vmail.sh
index 9950c04..2f345b4 100755
--- a/bin/vmail.sh
+++ b/bin/vmail.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function vmail::yesno() {
 
 function vmail:getoptions () {
   local OPTIND
-  while getopts "ha:b:d:e:f:gcp:q:s:tk:f:gl:m:vx" opt ; do
+  while getopts "ha:b:d:e:f:gj:cp:q:s:tk:gl:m:vx" opt ; do
     case "${opt}" in
         h ) # display help and exit
           help
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ function vmail:getoptions () {
         g ) # glob (wildcard) search
           glob=${OPTARG,,}
           ;;
+        j ) # Filter Junk
+          filter=${OPTARG}
+          ;;
         k ) # keep
           keep=${OPTARG}
           if [[ $keep != "0" ]] && [[ $keep != "1" ]]; then
diff --git a/vmail.sql b/vmail.sql
index 4c6985d..d55937e 100644
--- a/vmail.sql
+++ b/vmail.sql
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `vm_mboxes` (
   `passwd` char(128) NOT NULL,
   `status` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
   `quota` int(10) UNSIGNED DEFAULT NULL,
+  `filter` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 2,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   KEY `email` (`domain_id`,`mbox`) USING BTREE
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;