Mailscanner-4.28.6-1 and SPAM Actions= attachment deliver problems

[brichter]

We are using Outlook 2002 10.4219.4219 SP-2

I would agree, but I don't see the report anywhere in the message.  It
actually looks EXACTLY like you have just specified deliver.  Not
attachment and deliver.



On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Julian Field wrote:

> What email app are you using to look at this? I have just tested the
> "attachment" spam action myself and it works just fine.
> I suspect your email app is not showing you the message correctly.
>
> At 05:25 29/03/2004, you wrote:
> >That's exactly what I am expecting to occur
> >
> >It's not though, that's why I was wondering what I was doing wrong.  It's
> >noted in my logs I included that the action taken on the spam was
> >ATTACHMENT, DELIVER.
> >
> >The test message I get that was detected as SPAM, has NO attachment
> >though. It just has the subject modified. (I have it set to modify subject
> >also on Spam) The original message is there with no attachment.
> >
> >I have no new body with an attachment.  Even though as you can see from my
> >logs it says the action was ATTACHMENT, DELIVER..
> >
> >Could it be my version of Perl?
> >
> >If I could get this functioning properly, then it will get me through what
> >my Boss wants for end users.  Thanks for all the help.
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Julian Field wrote:
> >
> > > Exactly what resulting message are you expecting?
> > >
> > > What "attachment deliver" (it doesn't matter about the order) will do is
> > > take the original spam message, and turn it into an RFC-822 attachment of a
> > > new replacement message. The body of the new replacement message will say a
> > > bit about what happened, give the From+To+Subject information, and include
> > > an attachment which is the original message. Not all mail apps can actually
> > > handle RFC-822 but Outlook handles them perfectly. In Outlook you can open
> > > the attachment and it appears as a complete new message, which is exactly
> > > what should happen.
> > >
> > > What do you think should be happening?
> > >
> > > I will take a look at adding code to insert the SA report at the beginning
> > > of the message body. No guarantees though.
> > >
> > > At 03:01 29/03/2004, you wrote:
> > > >Only outbound, we don't check for spam or RBL on outbound stuff.
> > > >
> > > >It's tagging it as Spam.  It's just not converting it to a attachment with
> > > >the report from the config.
> > > >
> > > >Everything looks good, it's just not doing the attachment, but it shows in
> > > >the log that it's action is attachment deliver..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >On Sun, 28 Mar 2004, Mike Kercher wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Do you have any whitelisting rulesets that might be offsetting your
> > spam
> > > > > scoring or other rulesets?
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: MailScanner mailing list
> > > > > > [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of brichter
> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 6:34 PM
> > > > > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > > > > Subject: Mailscanner-4.28.6-1 and SPAM Actions= attachment
> > > > > > deliver problems
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I was wondering if someone could please help me confirm this
> > > > > > should work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am on a last ditch effort to find a solution to my problem
> > > > > > without abandoning Mail Scanner.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have to be able to have end users forward a message to our
> > > > > > help desk when something fails the Spam Check to determine if
> > > > > > it's a false positive or not.  Since there is no way to pass
> > > > > > the REPORT information from Spam Assassin to Mail Scanner
> > > > > > (Outlook does NOT forward headers, and my Boss has told me to
> > > > > > find another solution if we cannot work around this) I have
> > > > > > found this might be a possible solution for my situation, I
> > > > > > just can't get it to work in Mail Scanner.  I have tried
> > > > > > everything I can think of.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When I specify in my Mail Scanner config:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Spam Actions = attachment deliver
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When a message is tagged as Spam I get this in the log:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mar 28 18:04:08 mars MailScanner[1510]: Spam Checks: Found 1
> > > > > > spam messages Mar 28 18:04:08 mars MailScanner[1510]: Spam
> > > > > > Actions: message i2T047Z01515 actions are attachment,deliver
> > > > > > Mar 28 18:04:08 mars MailScanner[1510]: Unscanned: Delivered
> > > > > > 1 messages
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But when I go to open that message, it has NOT been converted
> > > > > > into an attachment and appended onto the report file
> > > > > > designated in the Mailscanner.conf file.  I have tried
> > > > > > reversing the attachment deliver options, I have tried it on
> > > > > > High SCoring SPAM, normal Spam.  It NEVER gets converted into
> > > > > > an attachment.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am using Mailscanner-4.28.6-1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have searched the forums with no luck.  I just see
> > > > > > references to needing both attachment and deliver to get it
> > > > > > to work. (And I have that set)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks much
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
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