Probably OT: Stupid stupid outlook (as usual!)

[Glenn Steen]

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On 6/24/05, Kevin Miller <Kevin_Miller at ci.juneau.ak.us> wrote:
> Stef Morrell wrote:
> > So, I've got a virus bounce. Clearly I've emailed someone, they've
> > got a virus and norton therefore thinks I should get spammed.
> >
> > MailScanner has washed it through spamassassin which has correctly
> > identified that it's a virus bounce, but outlook has ignored the
> > "Subject:" header, which would have junked it into my spam bin, and
> > instead seems to be using the "Thread-Topic:" header as it's subject.
> >
> > Any bright ideas to fix/workaround this? Please direct all "don't use
> > outlook" to /dev/null, I don't make group IT policy! ;)
> >
> > Stef
> 
> Really hard to say w/o being able to see how you have Outlook configured.
> Are you using rules?  What version of Outlook?  I'd play w/the ruleset and
> tweak it, then run it until you get the desired results.  By the time it
> gets to Outlook it's way beyond anything to do w/MailScanner and there's a
> jillion ways that your Outlook could be set up that we have no way of
> knowing about.
> 
> Lotsa luck...
> 
> ...Kevin
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If you can, strip off the Thread-Topic: header in the MTA (easy in
postfix), so that the silly thing don't have it to play with ....:-).
Or (as Kevin says) .... play with the "rules" things and see what gives.

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-- Glenn (finally sobering up after excessive Midsummers bingeing:-)
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