How to store and delete a message

[Scott Silva]

Glenn Steen spake the following on 6/1/2007 11:00 AM:
> 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:-):-)
Aye Captain!

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