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[Robert Lopez]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Glenn Steen <glenn.steen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/11/12 Ralph Bornefeld-Ettmann <ilikeuce at bornefeld-ettmann.de>:
>> Glenn Steen schrieb:
>>>
>>> 2009/11/12 Ralph Bornefeld-Ettmann <ilikeuce at bornefeld-ettmann.de>:
>>>>
>>>> Monis Monther schrieb:
>>>>>
>>>>> The link looks informative and would take me some time to read which I
>>>>> will do definitly , Thanks
>>>>>  Also how can I do it qiuckly by command line, for example can I
>>>>> sendmail.postfix [options] filename ..etc
>>>>>  Note: My MTA is postfix
>>>>>  Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Ralph Bornefeld-Ettmann
>>>>> <ilikeuce at bornefeld-ettmann.de <mailto:ilikeuce at bornefeld-ettmann.de>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   Monis Monther schrieb:
>>>>>
>>>>>       Hi everyone:
>>>>>        I am using the archive feature of Mailscanner to have a copy of
>>>>>       all mails in a dir, this is working fine and lovely, now the
>>>>>       problem is if I want to retrieve a certain message , how can I
>>>>>       do that in the following cases
>>>>>        1- I dont know where it is in the archive
>>>>>         2- I know where it is and the message ID for example under the
>>>>>       archive is D548C6E00BB.27373, how do I send it to the inteded user
>>>>>        Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>   to resend messages please check this :
>>>>>   http://www.global-domination.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1806
>>>>>   <http://www.global-domination.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1806>
>>>>>
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>>>> if you call :
>>>>
>>>> /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix <recipient> < <msgid>
>>>>
>>>> the mail should be sent to the user
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Only if the message has been decoded to the RFC822/2822/5322 format
>>> first... which it likely hasn't...;-)
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>
>> [root at localhost nonspam]# file 05B5E28027.4BC43
>> 05B5E28027.4BC43: RFC 822 mail text
>>
>> so it should be correct ... or did I get you wrong?
>>
>> AFAIK only really archived mails are queue file but files in nonspam are
>>  RFC 822 files. please correct me if I'm wrong
>>
> AFAIU, this thread is about the Archive... But I might've read it
> sloppily;-). Personally, I prefer to use the nonspam quarantine as an
> archive, since it take care of the ... "malware-problem" of the
> archive.
>
> Cheers
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With apologies to Ralph for using his thread...

Glenn, what is the  "'malware-problem"'of the archive"?

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Robert Lopez
Unix Systems Administrator
Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)
525 Buena Vista SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106