retrieving a quarantined file

[josh]

INstalling now, thanks Steve,

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Swaney" <steve.swaney at FSL.COM>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: retrieving a quarantined file


> > -----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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