Release a quarantined file (postfix)

[Stephen Swaney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Rakesh
> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 11:00 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Release a quarantined file (postfix)
> 
> Stephen Swaney wrote:
> 
> >>Reprocessing of the mail happens if you release it from quarantine
> >>because the mail goes back to hold as it gets processed by cleanup
> >>(assuming tht ur using postfix) .  In postfix it usually follows a path
> >>something like this
> >>
> >>Internet -> SMTPD -> cleanup --> HOLD Queue
> >>
> >>When a mail is released from quarantine using the sendmail command it
> >>follows like this
> >>
> >>Sendmail command invokation --> pickup --> cleanup --> HOLD Queue
> >>
> >>So instead of writing so many rulesets to allow all the mails from the
> >>the local machine its easier if u put override options for pickup in
> >>your master.cf
> >>
> >>pickup    fifo  n       -       n       60      1       pickup
> >> -o receive_override_options=no_header_body_checks
> >>
> >>This will cause all those mails queued due to pickup not to go on hold,
> >>so the mails wont un-necessarily go in for MailScanner processing. Also
> >>with this setup the notifications tht MailScanner generates will not go
> >>into HOLD queue as well and will save MailScanner from doing some
> >>un-necessary stuff.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >I think dropping quarantined messages directly in the outbound queue will
> >really release everything - even viruses.
> >
> >While it's more cumbersome, the advantage of setting up rulesets to allow
> >skipping of certain checks for 127.0.0.1 is that you can always force
> virus
> >checks :)
> >
> >Steve
> >
> >
> >
> Right Agreed on that, but our dear friend Julian has kept an option in
> MailScanner.conf
> 
> "Keep Spam And MCP Archive Clean"
> 
> turning it on will ensure that we don't quarantine Virus Mails in the
> first process itself :-)
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Rakesh B. Pal
> Netcore Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Absolutely correct but "Keep Spam And MCP Archive Clean":

# . . . is set to no by default as it causes a small hit in performance, and
# many people don't allow users to access the spam quarantine, so don't
# need it.

Make sure you set this to yes if you or users are dropping mail directly in
the outbound queue :)

Steve
 
Steve Swaney
President
Fort Systems Ltd.
www.fsl.com
steve.swaney at fsl.com

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