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

[brichter]

We allow attachment receiving in our enviornment.

I don't manage the desktop client or the backend exchange servers but I
receive attachments normally during the day from outside without issue.


On Sun, 28 Mar 2004, Dan Williamson wrote:

> Just a thought... in case you may have missed this.
> My customers always phone in on this one.
>
> If Outlook express is blocking your ability to open attachments follow this,
>
> Open Outlook Express,
> Choose Tools form the File bar,
> Choose Options,
> Select the Security tab,
> Uncheck, "Do not allow attachments..."
> Close Outlook Express, then open again.
>
> That should give you the ability to open attachments.
>
> regards,
> -dan
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of brichter
> Sent: March 28, 2004 10:25 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Mailscanner-4.28.6-1 and SPAM Actions= attachment deliver
> problems
>
>
> 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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