Quarantined messages

Steen, Glenn Glenn.Steen at AP1.SE
Wed Dec 22 17:12:08 GMT 2004 

(Sorry for replying to myself... Stepwise refinement:-)

Don't forget to
chown <your postfix user>.<your postfix group> <filenames>
too.

-- Glenn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list 
> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Steen, Glenn
> Sent: den 22 december 2004 18:03
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Quarantined messages
> 
> 
> Try making sure they're "palatable" to postfix by
> chmod 0700 <filenames>
> touch <filenames>
> ... and perhaps finish up with a "postkick public qmgr I" or
> somesuch.
> 
> As you perhaps can guess I don't keep my quarantine as queue files
> (very little point in doing so, and MailWatch needs them "decoded")
> so I've been rediscovered some of the reasons I don't do that:-):-)
> 
> A thought, perhaps one should look into making a "both" option for
> this... Would preserve the envelope info in the queue file, and
> the "ease of use" of having "decoded".
> 
> -- Glenn
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list 
> > [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Rodney Green
> > Sent: den 22 december 2004 17:51
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: Quarantined messages
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for your help, Glenn. I've copied the message to the
> > /var/spool/postfix/incoming/0 directory and ran postsuper -s 
> > and they just
> > sit there in that same directory. Don't know why they aren't 
> > being processed
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list 
> > [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
> > Of Steen, Glenn
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:08 AM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: Quarantined messages
> > 
> > 
> > Ok, then you have the queue files there. If one should follow 
> > the "postfix
> > way" of reintroducing it, you should stop postfix, plop it 
> > into a suitable
> > queue directory (perhaps /var/spool/postfix/incoming/<starting
> > letter>/<fileanme>) make sure it is owned by the postfix 
> > user, postsuper -s,
> > start postfix. I'm sure one could skip some of that... and do 
> > it more like
> > MS does:)
> > 
> > Sorry about the postdrop thing (it doesn't work).
> > 
> > -- Glenn
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MailScanner mailing list
> > > [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Rodney Green
> > > Sent: den 22 december 2004 16:27
> > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: Re: Quarantined messages
> > > 
> > > 
> > > That is set to yes.
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MailScanner mailing list
> > > [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
> > > Of Steen, Glenn
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:18 AM
> > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: Re: Quarantined messages
> > > 
> > > 
> > > If they look OK with postcat, then they're in postfix queue
> > > format, else
> > > they might be damaged perhaps.
> > > 
> > > Do you have
> > > Quarantine Whole Messages As Queue Files = no
> > > or yes?
> > > 
> > > -- Glenn
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: MailScanner mailing list 
> > [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] 
> > > > On Behalf Of Rodney Green
> > > > Sent: den 22 december 2004 16:11
> > > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > > Subject: Re: Quarantined messages
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > One think I noticed is that the message files have some weird 
> > > > characters in them and there are no line wraps. Not sure really 
> > > > which format these are in.
> > > > I use "High Scoring Spam Actions = store" in my MS config 
> > > > file. Not sure
> > > > what format that uses to store the messages.
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: MailScanner mailing list 
> > [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] 
> > > > On Behalf Of Steen, Glenn
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 9:42 AM
> > > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > > Subject: Re: Quarantined messages
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > If you keep your quarantined files as queue files you 
> > could use the 
> > > > postdrop -r</path/to/qfile command IIRC. Else use sendmail
> > > > {possible at other.recipient}
> > > > -t</path/to/message
> > > > 
> > > > -- Glenn
> > > > 
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: MailScanner mailing list
> > > [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]
> > > > > On Behalf Of Rodney Green
> > > > > Sent: den 22 december 2004 15:16
> > > > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > > > Subject: Quarantined messages
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hello. When a message is quarantined as being spam, how do I
> > > > > unquarantine it so it can be delivered to the user? I use 
> > > postfix as
> > > > > my MTA.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Rod
> > > > > 
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