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[Glenn Steen]

2009/11/13 Ralph Bornefeld-Ettmann <ilikeuce at bornefeld-ettmann.de>:
> Robert Lopez schrieb:
>>
>> 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...
>>
:-) ... Monis Monther started the thread, but I'm sure it's OK for you
to ask...:-)

>> Glenn, what is the  "'malware-problem"'of the archive"?
>>
> Thanks for asking .... I would have asked too ....
> I only can imagine that the archive would archive also malware and possibly
> also spam (as it has to arcive incoming mail) where the nonspam quarantine
> only archives non-spam .... but it is only a shot in the dark ....
Good shooting;-).
That is exactly it. The archive feature of MailScanner takes pains to
happen first, beforwe _any_ scanning has taken place. So it will
contain all messages actually accepted by your MTA... which isn't the
most wholesome brew one could imagine;-).
For an archive, this is good, but ... it _is_ something one has to be
aware of, and act accordingly when releasing stuff from it.

Some have asked for at least a virus scan to be performed, but ...
that would partly defeat the purpose of the archive... and since one
has the option to set "store" for the Non Spam Action, and thus create
a "clean" archive (easily managed from MailWatch, if one don't have a
too large volume of mail), there really is no need to "solve" the
archive-malware problem... Just take care/be aware;)

> Cheers
> Ralph

Cheers to you too (after all... It's friday ... the 13:th:-)
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-- Glenn
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