Postfix, mailwatch and queue IDs (and of course mailscanner:-)

[Steen, Glenn]

Many many thanks Julian!

Will apply first thing tomorrow (have to catch a train or the Mrs will
skin me:-).

-- Glenn

-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
Behalf Of Julian Field
Sent: den 18 november 2004 18:46
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Postfix, mailwatch and queue IDs (and of course
mailscanner:-)


The news was boring, so I wrote a patch for you instead.
Please apply the attached patch to Postfix.pm and then restart
MailScanner.
Let me know how you get on.

Julian Field wrote:

> Steen, Glenn wrote:
>
>> Hi all...
>>
>> I gather from the gigantic shrug I'm getting here (how else to
interpret
>> ... silence:-) that noone has a good handle on how to "improve" the
>> situation regarding duplicates in sql-logs (and possible quarantine
>> corruption) when using some such log feature with MS, due to postfix
>> reusing queue IDs
>>
> No, sorry, there's not a whole lot that can be easily done here. I
guess
> I could tack the time onto the end of the message id when it is used
> inside MailScanner, just for Postfix. Then I could remove the
timestamp
> again when the message is written into the outgoing queue (the
> "requeueing" code will probably do thay anyway).
>
> It would have to be a small custom patch just for you, so some payment
> would be appreciated if that's possible.
>
>> Why not ask the postfix people to "fix it"? Well, I'm guessing one
will
>> get even less response (if that's possible:-) from then, and then
>> probably just a pointer to amavisd-new.
>>
>>
> A helpful response from the postfix people to a MailScanner question?
> The pigs are taxi-ing to the end of the runway as I type...
>
>> Or has this been discussed in depth already? I couldn't find mention
of
>> it in the list archive...
>>
>>
> Interestingly I don't think it has come up before.
>
> --
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