MS encoding email bodies?

Thu Feb 24 13:55:53 GMT 2005

Unfortunately, I am not adept enough to work out how to do this without
messing up the sendmail in-and-out services when I re-enable MailScanner.
Also, this is a working server and I would rather not switch off
MailScanner, even momentarily.

Regards

Lee Stone
---------
Stone Initiatives

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Alex Neuman van der Hans
> Sent: 24 February 2005 13:05
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: MS encoding email bodies?
>
> I've got the same problem, and haven't figured out exactly what's going on
> yet.
>
> You *could* shut off MailScanner momentarily and send the e-mail through
> your usual MTA to see if it's related.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf
> Of Leonardo Helman
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:21 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: MS encoding email bodies?
>
> The "corrupted" one is base64 encoded
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 12:11:53PM -0000, Lee Stone wrote:
> > Sure. Thanks for responding.
> >
> > Uncorrupted email body begins:-----------------
> >
> > "Welcome to At the Kerbside Forums
> >
> > Please keep this email for your records. Your account information is
> > as
> > follows:
> >
> > ----------------------------
> > Username: test8
> > Password: test8
> > ----------------------------
> >
> > Your account is currently inactive. You cannot use it until you visit
> > the following link:
> >
> > http://www.gospeloak.com/profile.php?mode=activate&u=5&act_key=bef8e62
> > 330fbe
> > ea354
> >
> > Please do not forget your password as it has been encrypted in our
> > database and we cannot retrieve it for you. However, should you forget
> > your password you can request a new one which will be activated in the
> > same way as this account.
> >
> > Thank you for registering.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks, Parking-Petition.org admins"
> >
> > Uncorrupted Ends-----------------------------
> >
> > Corrupted Body begins:-----------------------
> > V2VsY29tZSB0byBBdCB0aGUgS2VyYnNpZGUgRm9ydW1zCgpQbGVhc2Uga2VlcCB0aGlzIG
> > VtYWls
> > IGZvciB5b3VyIHJlY29yZHMuIFlvdXIgYWNjb3VudCBpbmZvcm1hdGlvbiBpcyBhcyBmb2
> > xsb3dz
> > OgoKLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLQpVc2VybmFtZTogdGVzdDkKUGFzc3
> > dvcmQ6
> > IHRlc3Q5Ci0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0KCllvdXIgYWNjb3VudCBpcy
> > BjdXJy
> > ZW50bHkgaW5hY3RpdmUuIFlvdSBjYW5ub3QgdXNlIGl0IHVudGlsIHlvdSB2aXNpdCB0aG
> > UgZm9s
> > bG93aW5nIGxpbms6CgpodHRwOi8vd3d3Lmdvc3BlbG9hay5jb20vcHJvZmlsZS5waHA/bW
> > 9kZT1h
> > Y3RpdmF0ZSZ1PTYmYWN0X2tleT0yYzFkOGU2ODJjZTI2ZDNiZTQKClBsZWFzZSBkbyBub3
> > QgZm9y
> > Z2V0IHlvdXIgcGFzc3dvcmQgYXMgaXQgaGFzIGJlZW4gZW5jcnlwdGVkIGluIG91ciBkYX
> > RhYmFz
> > ZSBhbmQgd2UgY2Fubm90IHJldHJpZXZlIGl0IGZvciB5b3UuIEhvd2V2ZXIsIHNob3VsZC
> > B5b3Ug
> > Zm9yZ2V0IHlvdXIgcGFzc3dvcmQgeW91IGNhbiByZXF1ZXN0IGEgbmV3IG9uZSB3aGljaC
> > B3aWxs
> > IGJlIGFjdGl2YXRlZCBpbiB0aGUgc2FtZSB3YXkgYXMgdGhpcyBhY2NvdW50LgoKVGhhbm
> > sgeW91
> > IGZvciByZWdpc3RlcmluZy4KCi0tIApUaGFua3MsIFBhcmtpbmctUGV0aXRpb24ub3JnIG
> > FkbWlu
> > cw==
> >
> > Corrupted body ends-------------------------
> >
> > Hope this helps? I am very much a novice at all this.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Lee Stone
> > ---------
> > Stone Initiatives
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]
> > > On Behalf Of Julian Field
> > > Sent: 24 February 2005 12:07
> > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: Re: MS encoding email bodies?
> > >
> > > Can you post an uncorrupted mail and a corrupted one please?
> > >
> > > Lee Stone wrote:
> > >
> > > >Hello
> > > >
> > > >I hope someone can help me here - I upgraded at the weekend to MS
> > > v4.38.10-1
> > > >from v4.32.5 or thereabouts. I also upgraded ClamAV and SA.
> > > >
> > > >I host a phpBB forum which sends out user confirmation emails to
> > > >newly registered members. The body of these emails used to say
> > > >something along
> > > the
> > > >lines of "welcome to the forum - click here to activate your
> > > membership...."
> > > >with a link comprising URL+7-bit_code. These are now coming through
> > > >with
> > > the
> > > >whole body [mime?-]encoded and illegible.
> > > >
> > > >Now, I cannot for the life of me work out where in MailScanner.conf
> > > >I
> > > turn
> > > >off this encoding - if indeed this is where I do it.
> > > >
> > > >I know it is not the forum doing it, I can temporarily route
> > > >outgoing
> > > emails
> > > >through another mail server [still running MS 4.32.5] and they come
> > > through
> > > >intact.
> > > >
> > > >Your advice would be welcome.
> > > >
> > > >Regards
> > > >
> > > >Lee Stone
> > > >
> > > >MS 4.38.10
> > > >SuSE linux 9.0
> > > >SA 2.64-4
> > > >Perl 5.8.1 [was updated but hit memory-race issue so downgraded
> > > >again] Mail::SpamAssassin 3.000002 Mail::ClamAV 0.13
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