TNEF files left in incoming sendmail queue

[Dhawal Doshy]

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Hi,

Denis Beauchemin wrote:
> Adri Koppes wrote:
> 
>> Today I noticed I had 2 tnef files left in my incoming sendmail queue 
>> (/var/spool/mqueue.in).
>> Does MailScanner expand these in the incoming queue directory?
>> I'm using the internal TNEF module.
>>
>> MailScanner.conf contains:
>>
>> Expand TNEF = yes
>> Deliver Unparsable TNEF = no
>> TNEF Expander = internal
>> TNEF Timeout = 120
>>
> I also see them once in a while.  Running with the same config as you 
> are.  MS versions ranging from 4.34 to 4.40.  I just delete them 
> manually alongside any email leftovers (incomplete qf/df pairs).
> 
> Denis
> 

Same observation here..

Expand TNEF = yes
Deliver Unparsable TNEF = yes
TNEF Expander = internal
TNEF Timeout = 120

postfix-2.2.3-1.rhel4, spamassassin 3.0.4, razor, pyzor, dcc, uvscan, 
clamavmodule, bitdefender, No tmpfs used so far.

The logs show me that mails with unparsable tnef attachments get 
delivered as configured, but they still leave a tnef-pid-x.doc in 
/var/spool/postfix/hold

Why does MailScanner unpack these files in the hold directory instead of 
the /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/ directory? or is this the intended 
behaviour?

- dhawal

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