Blank Subject in Notices to System Administrators (Exim)

[Jørgen Giversen]

Julian Field skrev:

> Can you try this for me?
> Edit /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Exim.pm and change line 480 from
>
>         if ("subject" eq lc $1) {
>
> to
>
>         if ("subject:" eq lc $1) {
>
> (i.e. add a ':'). Then restart MailScanner and see if this fixes the 
> problem.
>
> At 18:12 20/01/2003, you wrote:
>
>> I am running MailScanner 4.11 + Exim patch from Nick, and I notice (pun
>> intended) that all of my Notices to System Administrators have a blank
>> Subject field.  I have Notices Include Full Headers = yes, and I can 
>> see the
>> real subject in the full headers below, but the summary before the Full
>> headers just has a blank subject.
>>
>> Here's an example:
>>
>> The following e-mail messages were found to have viruses in them:
>>
>> =====================================
>>     Sender: <yjworks at online.sh.cn>
>> IP Address: 199.105.164.4.22033
>>  Recipient: xxxx at sensis.com
>>    Subject:
>>  MessageID: 18ag8j-0004BD-00
>>     Report: /18ag8j-0004BD-00/Notes.exe        Found the W32/Yaha.k 
>> virus
>> !!!
>> Notes.exe contains Yaha.K
>> Executable DOS/Windows programs are dangerous in email (Notes.exe)
>>
>> Full headers are
>>  Received: from smtpmail.sensis.com [199.105.164.4] (mail)
>>         by dimstar.syr.sensis.com with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian))
>>         id 18ag8j-0004BD-00; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 12:55:17 -0500
>>  Received: from bgp385601bgs.jersyc01.nj.comcast.net 
>> (smtpmail.sensis.com)
>> [68.36.35.194]
>>         by smtpmail.sensis.com with smtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian))
>>         id 18ag8h-0000F2-00; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 12:55:15 -0500
>>  From: Jonathan<yjworks at online.sh.cn>
>>  To: xxxx at sensis.com
>>  Subject: Things to note
>>  Date: Mon,20 Jan 2003 12:55:10 PM
>>  X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400
>>  MIME-Version: 1.0
>>  Content-Type:multipart/mixed;
>>  boundary=#r0xx#
>>  Message-Id: <E18ag8h-0000F2-00 at smtpmail.sensis.com>
>> =====================================
>>
>> Is anyone else having this problem?  Obviously this is not a big deal 
>> since
>> email is still getting scanned, and I do have the subject in the full
>> headers.  My guess is that this is Exim specific.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jason
>
>
> -- 
> Julian Field
> www.MailScanner.info
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>
Well, I have discovered the same problem, and your solution works, 
thanks !!!
Best regards
Jørgen Giversen