<A> Tags

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Wed Feb 23 13:27:02 GMT 2005


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Found it.
In SweepContent.pm, please apply this patch:

--- SweepContent.pm.old    2005-02-21 20:50:11.000000000 +0000
+++ SweepContent.pm   2005-02-23 13:25:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -584,7 +584,9 @@
       } elsif ($convertwebbugs) {
         #print STDERR "Web Bug converted\n";
         $message->{tagstoconvert} .= 'webbug ';
-        $message->{bodymodified}   = 1;
+        # Only mark it for rebuilding if we actually found a webbug
+        # as we shouldn't rebuild if it was an innocent image
+        #$message->{bodymodified}   = 1;
         #print STDERR "Going to disarm web bugs\n";
       } else {
         #print STDERR "Web Bug ignored\n";

That will stop it rebuilding it. Stupid bug of mine.

Roger Jochem wrote:

>It wrote:
>
>It's an image
>The src is "cid:0402...."
>
>But even so the message is rebuild...
>
>I pug another print inside the if, to see if the message enters in the
>"webbug" part, but it does not. But for some reason even so it is rebuild.
>And if I disable "disarm web bugs" the message goes through fine...
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Julian Field" <MailScanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:22 AM
>Subject: Re: <A> Tags
>
>
>
>
>>Works  fine on my system.
>>
>>Around line 4250 of Message.pm, please insert a couple of print lines so
>>it reads
>>  } elsif ($tagname eq 'img' && $DisarmWebBug) {
>>    print STDERR "It's an image\n";
>>    print STDERR "The src is \"" . $attr->{'src'} . "\"\n";
>>Then set "Debug = yes", put the message in your incoming queue and run
>>check_mailscanner.
>>Let me know what it prints. On my system it prints
>>The src is "cid:....."
>>
>>Roger Jochem wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I restart it...
>>>
>>>I put the example message in the address www.rudnick.com.br/message
>>>
>>>It is in Outlook Express eml format. Is it ok?
>>>
>>>The sended.eml is the original message, the received.eml is how it came
>>>
>>>
>back
>
>
>>>to me...
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Julian Field" <MailScanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
>>>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:51 AM
>>>Subject: Re: <A> Tags
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>And you did stop and restart MailScanner after applying the patch?
>>>>
>>>>If so, please can you put an example offending message on the web for
>>>>
>>>>
>me.
>
>
>>>>Roger Jochem wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I applied the patch with no result... Still the same problem...
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "Julian Field" <MailScanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
>>>>>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:34 PM
>>>>>Subject: Re: <A> Tags
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Please try it with this patch. Now it will ignore images that are
>>>>>>bundled as part of the message.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Roger Jochem wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Found it!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>My signature has a small jpeg image on it and I have the "allow web
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>bugs"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>set to disarm. This is rebuilding the message... Is it correct? My
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>image
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>not in some site or something, it goes with the message... Should it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>be
>
>
>>>>>>>"disarmed"?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>From: "Julian Field" <MailScanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
>>>>>>>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 3:47 PM
>>>>>>>Subject: Re: <A> Tags
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>It must be rebuilding it for some reason. But it should really only
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>do
>
>
>>>>>>>>that if it definitely needs to. Are there any other changes apparent
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>in
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>the transmitted message, or in the logs?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Roger Jochem wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Hello, Julian!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Any news about this subject?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>From: "Roger Jochem" <roger at rudnick.com.br>
>>>>>>>>>To: "MailScanner mailing list" <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>>>>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 8:11 AM
>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: <A> Tags
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>These signature is not added by MailScanner, is the Outlook
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>Express
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>signature...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>>From: "Julian Field" <MailScanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
>>>>>>>>>>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 8:11 AM
>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: <A> Tags
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>If it adds a signature, it has to rebuild the message. Sorry, but
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>I
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>can't avoid that.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Roger Jochem wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Hello, Julian
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Some of the messages are working fine today with the new version
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>of
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>MailScanner. They pass through without being rebuild and came to
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>the
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>other side with the same size and format.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>But if the same message has an html signature, then it is
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>rebuild...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>And the only message in the server log is about an <a> tag found
>>>>>>>>>>>>(probable the <a> tag of the e-mail in the signature).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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