Archive Mail format

Jason Voorhees jvoorhees1 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 2 18:30:38 GMT 2009


On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Glenn Steen <glenn.steen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/3/2 Jason Voorhees <jvoorhees1 at gmail.com>:
>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Steve Freegard <steve.freegard at fsl.com> wrote:
>>> Jason Voorhees wrote:
>>>> Hi there:
>>>>
>>>> I'm using Archiving feature of MailScanner 4.74.16-1 with this setting:
>>>>
>>>> Archive Mail =  %rules-dir%/mail.archiving.rules
>>>>
>>>> The content of mail.archiving.rules is:
>>>>
>>>> To:             *@computerdoctor.com.pe
>>>> /var/spool/MailScanner/archive/_TOUSER_/Received
>>>> From:         *@computerdoctor.com.pe
>>>> /var/spool/MailScanner/archive/_FROMUSER_/Sent
>>>>
>>>> MailScanner stores mail OK, I can browse e-mail classified by each
>>>> user but there are some things about this that I'm not really sure:
>>>>
>>>> 1. MailScanner isn't supposed to archive every mail in Mbox format?
>>>> Every archived mai it doesn't seem like a mbox message, the "file"
>>>> command says the email message is only "data", and the content hasn't
>>>> the order of a real e-mail message.
>>>> Am I doing something wrong in my settings? How can I store email in
>>>> mbox format o something legible?
>>>
>>> Set 'Missing Mail Archive Is = file' instead of directory; this should
>>> cause 'Received' and 'Sent' to become mboxes (you might want to add
>>> _DATE_ into the path too as mbox files can only grow to 2Gb maximum).
>>>
>> Thanks Steve, that makes thing works as expected... I wasn't sure
>> about the real meaning of that feature even when I read it a couple of
>> times.
>>
>> But now that I'm reading mail logs I see that MS achive mails before
>> content checkings. Is it posible to change the order MS archive mails?
>> Maybe something like archiving before or after spam/virus/dangerous
>> content checking, or even better let this option to rules decision
>>
>
> Archiving _after_ content checks et al would kind of defeat the
> purpose of the archive... It should be pristine, untouched by MS...
> What you're after would be the non-spam quarantine ... just add
> "store" to the Non Spam Actions, and see how you like that.
>
Yes, you're right. I'll keep using the archiving feature as is.

Thanks, bye

> Cheers
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