Attachments not being recognized by mailscanner

[Julian Field]

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A&M ImpacT [W. Kranenborg] wrote:
> Dear mailscanner users,
>
> We have a 64-bit server with mailscanner 4.46.2, spamassassin 3.1.3 and
> sendmail 8.13.5.
>
> We have a problem with this set-up and we don't know the reason. The
> problem is that mailscanner doesn't recognize some attachments so the
> binary code of the attachments is shown in the body of the message.
> Spamassassin detects a lot of strange characters and gives it a very
> high score so the message is marked as spam.
> An example message:
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> Here is the body of the message with nothing strange in it.
>
> begin 666 pakbon haven Ningbo.JPG
> M_]C_X `02D9)1@`!`0$!+ $L``#_X0?P17AI9@``24DJ``@````'`!(!`P`!
> M`````0```!H!!0`!````8@```!L!!0`!````:@```"@!`P`!`````@```#$!
> M`@`4````<@```#(!`@`4````A@```&F'! `!````F@```,0````L`0```0``
> M`"P!```!````061O8F4 at 4&AO=&]S:&]P(#<N, `R,# W.C$P.C Q(#$X.C$R
> M.C(X``,``: #``$```#__P```J $``$````@`P```Z $``$```!+`@``````
> M``8``P$#``$````&````&@$%``$````2`0``&P$%``$````:`0``* $#``$`
> M```"`````0($``$````B`0```@($``$```#&!@```````$@````!````2 ``
> M``$```#_V/_@`!!*1DE&``$"`0!(`$@``/_M``Q!9&]B95]#30`"_^X`#D%D
> M;V)E`&2 `````?_;`(0`# @(" D(# D)#!$+"@L1%0\,# \5&!,3%1,3&!$,
> M# P,# P1# P,# P,# P,# P,# P,# P,# P,# P,# P,# $-"PL-#@T0#@X0
>
> This goes on a bit until we get this:
>
> M6***`"BBB@`HHHH`****`"BBB@`HHHH`****`"BBB@`HHHH`****`"BBB@`H
> MHHH`****`"BBB@`HHHH`****`"BBB@`HHHH`****`"BBB@`HHHH`****`"BB
> MB@`HHHH`****`"BBB@`HHHH`****`"BBB@`HHHH`****`"BBB@`HHHH`****
> M`"BBB@`IJEB6RN #A3D'<,#YN.G/:G44`%%%% !1110`4444`%%%% !1110`
> I4444`%%%4M2ED at T^]FB8I+%:SR1N,':Z1LRL`05." <$$'H010!__]D`
> `
> end
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> Does anyone have any solutions for this very strange problem because
> when I send this message to my own email-adres the client recognizes the
> .JPG and shows it as an attachment but mailscanner doesn't.
>
> Hope to hear from you soon.
>
> Kind regards,
> Wessel Kranenborg
>
>   

Jules

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