retrieving a quarantined file

[Stephen Swaney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of josh
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 10:29 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: retrieving a quarantined file
>
> Is there an easier way to do this, I dont run cgp but also find it
> inconvenient to retrive quarantined items. Isnt there a quick way to just
> process a quarantined item for a user, at the moment i am copying the
> attachment out manually and forwarding it on , i have searched the docs on
> the mailscanner site to no avail...is there a quicker easier way to do it.
>

Take a look at MailWatch:

        mailwatch.sourceforge.net

A well crafted program.

Steve

Stephen Swaney
President
Fortress Systems Ltd.
Steve.Swaney at FSL.com

> thanks in advance,
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Rudd" <jrudd at UCSC.EDU>
> To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 9:45 AM
> Subject: Re: retrieving a quarantined file
>
>
> > Victor DiMichina wrote:
> > >
> > > Sometimes mailscanner quarantines a file that is from a trusted
> source.
> > >   It sends the message to contact the help desk (me),  and that I can
> > > retreive it.  Other than putting it on a floppy,  what is the best way
> > > to re-attach the link and deliver the original e-mail?   I'm on an
> IMAP
> > > CommuniGate server.
> > >
> >
> > Are you storing the quarantined files in sendmail queue format? (is
> > there a qf* and df* file in quarantine?)
> >
> >
> > If so, then the easiest thing to do might be to:
> >
> > 1) move those 2 files to the directory you've set for MS's outgoing
> > queue (/var/spool/mqueue or /var/CommuniGate/MailScanner/out or
> > something)
> >
> > 2) cd to that directory and run "ms2cgp -I$FOO"
> >
> > where $FOO is the part after "qf" (which will be the same for both the
> > qf* file and the df* file).
> >
> >
> > That will get the message re-submitted to CommuniGate Pro (note: unless
> > you add the right header field to the message (the one mentioned in my
> > directions), it will also cause the message to be re-scanned in
> > MailScanner, causing it to quarantine again ... if you don't want that
> > to happen, then you need to edit the qf file to add the right header,
> > and the header lines have to have a "H" put at the front of them (look
> > at the other ones to see what I'm talking about ... if the header
> > multi-line, then just put a space at the beginning of the 2nd and later
> > lines, instead of an H).
> >
> > If that doesn't all make sense, then contact me with specifics (the
> > things you set up in my directions, the contents of the quarantine
> > directory for that message, and the contents of the qf file).
> >
> >
> > If you're storing the message as a plain file instead of a sendmail
> > queue file, then I think you can just insert the header I mention, add a
> > *.sub line to its name, and put it in CGP's "Submitted" directory.
>
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