Additional recipients within same lose mail when quarantined/released...

Glenn Steen glenn.steen at gmail.com
Thu Mar 15 19:56:22 CET 2007


On 15/03/07, am.lists <am.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/15/07, Glenn Steen <glenn.steen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 15/03/07, am.lists <am.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Sorry for the ramble of a subject line, but what I'm seeing is
> > > essentially lost mail to additional recipients.
> > >
> > > Scenario: (Config: Postfix, Mailscanner, Mailwatch.)
> > >
> > > Bob sends John and Mary an email. It gets tagged as spam. Both are at
> > > somedomain.net. As John's listed as the first to address in the
> > > envelope, he gets the message in his quarantine. He releases it. Mary
> > > knows nothing of the email. No quarantine file for her (in MailWatch),
> > > and when John releases it, it only goes to John.
> > >
> > > Variation:
> > >
> > > Bob sends to Tom and John. John is at somedomain.net but Tom is at
> > > anotherdomain.us. Both are handled by my mailscanner. Same exact
> > > behavior as above.
> > >
> > > I've been googling this and the solutions I've found have been really
> > > ancient (2003 vintage), and as such, several versions of released code
> > > old.
> > >
> > > I'm wondering if there's some new way of fixing this issue? I don't
> > > particularly want to rig up a second instance of postfix on some odd
> > > port just to fix this... unless I have to. 8-(
> > >
> > > Angelo
> > Not yet, there isn't... Unless you patch MailWatch to handle this
> > (ISTR there being some patches for this floating around).
>
>
> Well, I've made a right mess of my kit by trying Joost's referred
> article. There's at least one or two material typos in it, and it's a
> dickens to troubleshoot. I'm meddling a bit more with it before
> reverting back.
>
> Angelo
Being the author of that article, I'd like to be alerted to what typos
you find... Might help the next guy/gal:-).

And I can agree that it certainly isn't my most well-structured
work:-). Next time I trundle through that mess, I'll try make it less
obscure... For now... What is the current stumbling block?

-- 
-- Glenn
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