query regarding qurantine release

[Mail Administrator]

> How does your webmail send the mail?
> Does it make a smtp connection or run sendmail locally?
>
> If it makes a SMTP connection then you could probably configure it to
> connect to the servers real IP address and not 127.0.0.1 and then it
> should
> work.
>

Thanks for ur quick reply
really appreciate

sendmail runs locally

here my mail log when i send a message for more info.

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ep  5 00:03:07 kmdns1 sendmail[32523]: l84L36FM032523:
from=simon at kmun.gov.kw, size=652, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<3964.62.150.152.226.1188939786.squirrel at webmail.baladia.gov.kw>,
relay=apache at localhost
Sep  5 00:03:07 kmdns1 sendmail[32524]: l84L37UE032524:
from=<simon at kmun.gov.kw>, size=877, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<3964.62.150.152.226.1188939786.squirrel at webmail.baladia.gov.kw>,
proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=kmdns1.kmun.gov.kw [127.0.0.1]
Sep  5 00:03:07 kmdns1 sendmail[32524]: l84L37UE032524:
to=<guy20034u at yahoo.com>, delay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30877,
stat=queued

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62.150.152.226 is a ip of my machine

since my sendmail runs locally on ip 127.0.0.1 how could i go arround
solving this problem .
apprecite your help

regards

simon



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>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info]On Behalf Of
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>> Sent: 04 September 2007 21:28
>> To: MailScanner discussion
>> Subject: query regarding qurantine release
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>> Dear All,
>>
>>
>> I have the following setup on my server
>>
>> 1) Centos
>> Primary Mail server
>> Primary dns server
>> Mailscanner
>> Webmail server
>>
>> most of the users use their browser to login to the above server for
>> sending and checking their mails
>> everything is been workin perfectly
>>
>> i installed mailwatch so that i could release quarantine mails at
>> my decision
>>
>> i then followed the exact steps as mentioned in the FAQ
>>
>> http://mailwatch.sourceforge.net/doku.php?id=mailwatch:faq
>>
>> and now i tried to test
>>
>> i sent a mail with attachment from my Yahoo account to my local mail
>> server and it was blocked my mailscanner whcih is perfect
>> n i logged in mailwatch and i could release the attachment and after i
>> released if went perfectly to my mailbox. thats grt
>>
>> now i sent a mail with attachemnt from my local account using webmail to
>> my yahoo account and it went perfectly fine
>>
>> and in my mailwatch details ..
>> status as whitelist
>> spam score 0.00
>>
>> since 127.0.0.1 is white listed as per the rules..
>>
>> So i see that Mailscanner n mailwatch works jus perfect for the mails
>> received its grt
>>
>> but i have queries regading mail sent by users using the browser
>> with webmail
>>
>> 1) does mailscanner do a virus n spam check on the mails sent since i
>> see
>> in mailwatch the status is
>>
>> status as whitelist
>> spam score 0.00
>> cause if this does not happen then the users pc inefcted will cause the
>> mail server to spam or send infected mails out
>>
>> 2) obviously i would like mailscanner to scan and block any attachments
>> sent by my users via webmail and they should only be sent when released
>> from quarantine with mailwatch
>>
>> how do i the above .. setup rules for doin that
>>
>> basically i see that after i implemented the steps in FAQ regarding the
>> release of quarantine mails i see that it works perfect for mails with
>> attachment received and not for mails sent
>>
>>
>> really wd apprecite your help
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
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