Too many attachments - Enhancement request

[Brad Beckenhauer]

Denis Beauchemin wrote:
> Brad Beckenhauer a écrit :
>> Running MailScanner v4.74.16
>>
>> Yesterday I got a call that a client was not receiving "digest" email 
>> from a Lyris List Server.   I scanned the mail logs and found the 
>> following message:
>>
>> maillog.1:Mar 03 00:00:34 mxxx MailScanner[26495]: Too many 
>> attachments (221) in 382851CA8007.738AC
>>
>>
>> At first I thought it was the "Maximum Attachments Per Message" in 
>> MailScanner.conf, but that was set to '200'.
>>
>> Maximum Attachments Per Message = 200
>>
>> I then checked MailWatch to and discovered that the error was related 
>> to Viruses, so I looked at the following settings:
>>
>> # In every batch of virus-scanning, limit the maximum
>> # a) number of unscanned messages to deliver
>> # b) number of potentially infected messages to unpack and scan
>> # c) total size of unscanned messages to deliver
>> # d) total size of potentially infected messages to unpack and scan
>>
>> Max Unscanned Bytes Per Scan = 100m
>> Max Unsafe Bytes Per Scan = 50m
>> Max Unscanned Messages Per Scan = 30
>> Max Unsafe Messages Per Scan = 30
>>
>> First thing I noted was that the items are out of order "a) != Max 
>> Unscanned Bytes Per Scan = 100m
>>
>> Perhaps Julian could change the order of these items in the next release?
>>
>> Since the email in question had over 40 attachments, that left two 
>> possible choices:
>> Max Unscanned Messages Per Scan = 30
>> Max Unsafe Messages Per Scan = 30
>>
>> One of these is the possible culprit for me to tinker with.
>>
>> Enhancement request:   Rather than just long "Too many attachments" 
>> could the message log also include what MailScanner "setting" 
>> triggered the error.
>>
>> example message log:
>> Before:
>> maillog.1:Mar 03 00:00:34 mxxx MailScanner[26495]: Too many 
>> attachments (221) in 382851CA8007.738AC
>>
>> After:
>> maillog.1:Mar 03 00:00:34 mxxx MailScanner[26495]: Too many 
>> attachments (Max Unsafe Messages Per Scan) (221) in 382851CA8007.738AC
>>
>> Also, how is the MailScannerCounter of 221 in the message log useful?  
>> How is it used for debugging?
>>
>> thanks!
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>   
> Brad,
> 
> Whenever I see that message it's because the email has more than 200 
> attachments.  It happens quite often with some mailing lists' digests.  
> I had to use a rule file to bypass that limit:
> Maximum Attachments Per Message = %rules-dir%/max.attachments.rules
> 
> max.attachments.rules:
> From:       *@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU  500
> FromOrTo:   default             200
> 
> Denis
> 

Denis, Thank you..   I'll give that a try tonight.