Fragmented messages cannot be scanned and are removed

[Mariano Absatz]

This is not a bug... it's a feature... :-D 
no kidding.

This message has its content fragmented in several individual messages. This 
is intended to be rebuilt at the destination (see the MIME specs for how this 
works).

Now, if you have only part of a message, you can't run a virus scanner thru 
it.

There is an option (see http://mailscanner.info/install/conf.shtml) "Allow 
Partial Messages" that you could enable (it's 'no' by default) but in that 
case, any "partial" message would pass thru unscanned.

You should _seriously_ think before enabling this... as the docs say, you 
could enable it thru a very strict ruleset (e.g. only coming from a specific 
ftpmail server or something like that).


El 4 Mar 2003 a las 10:55, Matthew Bowman escribió:

> Hello
> 
> A client failed to receive 4 e-mails which were flagged as virus with the 
> error  Fragmented messages cannot be scanned and are removed. This is the 
> first I've seen this error. 
> 
> Here is an extract from the mail
> 
> Return-Path: <?g>
> Received: from mail1.tpgi.com.au (mail.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.57])
>                  by smithers.vbcomm.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id 
> h2378h100355
>                  for <KWestfield at gormanrupp.com>; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 02:08:43 
> -0500
> Received: from berendsen.com.au ([202.7.160.194])
>                  by mail1.tpgi.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id 
> h237E1p11475
>                  for <KWestfield at gormanrupp.com>; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:14:01 
> +1100
> Received: from garryg by berendsen.com.au
>                  with SMTP (MDaemon.PRO.v6.5.2.R)
>                  for <KWestfield at gormanrupp.com>; Mon, 03 Mar 2003 
> 18:15:58 +1100
> Message-ID: <00a101c2e155$28c39010$7ec719ac at garryg>
> From: "Garry Grant" <ggrant at epg.com.au>
> To: <KWestfield at gormanrupp.com>
> References: <OF6A456262.0689C9A6-ON85256CDB.006B08CA at GORMANRUPP.COM>
> Subject: Re: Specs. for Marmora Terrace AS 3439.1-2002 Low-voltage 
> switchgear and controlgear assemblies - Type-tested and partially 
> type-tested assemblie.pdf [2/2]
> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:18:45 +1100
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: message/partial;
>                  total=2;
>                  id="01C2E155.25C14C90 at garryg";
>                  number=2
> X-Priority: 3
> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700
> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700
> X-Return-Path: ggrant at epg.com.au
> X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: KWestfield at gormanrupp.com
> 
> My installation is 
> 
> Redhat 7.3
> MS 4.10-1 with clamav as the scanner
> SA 2.43
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Matthew


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