How to store and delete a message

[Glenn Steen]

On 01/06/07, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
> Jason Gottschalk spake the following on 6/1/2007 9:46 AM:
> > Hello Glenn,
> > Friday, June 1, 2007, 3:38:24 AM, you wrote:
> > Glenn> On 01/06/07, Jason Gottschalk <Jason at syo.com> wrote:
> >>> Hello Scott,
> >>>
> >>> Just one account, actually.
> >>>
> >>> I figured it out.
> >>>
> >>> I have to use two rules. The first issue was that I didn't realize
> >>> there was a "non spam" item in the mailscanner.conf file until Julian
> >>> pressed the issue. I found that the "non spam" was set to "store
> >>> deliver" rather than a ruleset.
> >>>
> >>> So I changed it to a ruleset and then placed my rule in there to
> >>> delete the message.
> >>>
> >>> So here is what I have now, which, btw, is precisely what I was looking
> >>> for.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> nonspam.action.rules:
> >>> From:Him at HisDomain.com delete
> >>> FromOrTo: Default Store Deliver
> >>>
> >>> Archive.Rules:
> >>> FromOrTo: Him at HisDomain.Com /sites/hisdomain/mail/approve/mbox
> >>> FromOrTo: Default
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> So now I get what I want, his e-mail is stored for administrative
> >>> approval before it is released. (There is a script that puts the
> >>> message in /var/spool/mqueue after it is approved.)
> >>>
> > Glenn> Just one thing... Archive Mail archives _everything_,spam and viruses as well.
> > Glenn> Since you store every message, you could have worked with the
> > Glenn> quarantine (the nonspam subdirectory) instead... And if you use
> > Glenn> MailWatch, you would have a nice tool to view the mails under review
> > Glenn> too:-).
> >
> > Can you explain this more? It sounds brilliant, but I don't follow
> > you.
> >
> > I started storing every message because bayes_99 suddenly started
> > marking 20% of the ham as spam, I need a way to find and release my
> > customers e-mail after it had been marked as spam.
> >
> > Are you saying if I turned that off, the only messages showing up in
> > quarantine would be Him at Hiusdomain.cmo and those with a virus?
> >
> >
> >
> On my systems, I have a store directive in every spam/non-spam action. With
> mailwatch I can view / release / re-learn everything I keep there. You can
> also set it to only keep X number of days in the quarantine. So I have room to
> keep 30 days worth of messages. If they haven't come looking for it by then,
> off to the bit bucket it goes.
> Archive mail is more for the permanent archival of messages. Maybe by a legal
> requirement, or for whatever other reason.
>
Thanks for the explanation Scotty, couldn't have said it better
myself... Now, off to the engine room with you... There's something up
with the dilithium ions in the warpdrive...:-)

Jason, have a look at http://mailwatch.sf.net ... a very nice tool...;)

Cheers (literally.... Not only the usual friday beer, but Jules
allotment of red too:-):-)
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