Release Spam Messages

[Peter Ong]

Hello Everyone,

I am having trouble releasing messages that have been caught by MailScanner. I have followed the instructions here:
http://wiki.mailscanner.info/doku.php?id=documentation:configuration:mta:postfix:how_to:release_quarantined_mail#releasing_mail_from_the_quarantine_-_queue_files

Specifically, I have moved files from the spam folder into /var/spool/postfix/incoming. However, the file just stays there. What am I doing wrong?

My configuration file:

%org-name% = yoursite
%org-long-name% = Your Organisation Name Here
%web-site% = www.your-organisation.com
%etc-dir% = /etc/MailScanner
%report-dir% = /etc/MailScanner/reports/en
%rules-dir% = /etc/MailScanner/rules
%mcp-dir% = /etc/MailScanner/mcp
Max Children = 5
Run As User = postfix
Run As Group = postfix
Queue Scan Interval = 6
Incoming Queue Dir = /var/spool/postfix/hold
Outgoing Queue Dir = /var/spool/postfix/incoming
Incoming Work Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming
Quarantine Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine
PID file = /var/run/MailScanner.pid
Restart Every = 7200
MTA = postfix
Sendmail = /usr/sbin/sendmail
Sendmail2 = /usr/sbin/sendmail
Incoming Work User =
Incoming Work Group = clamav
Incoming Work Permissions = 0640
Quarantine User =
Quarantine Group =
Quarantine Permissions = 0600
Max Unscanned Bytes Per Scan = 100m
Max Unsafe Bytes Per Scan = 50m
Max Unscanned Messages Per Scan = 30
Max Unsafe Messages Per Scan = 30
Max Normal Queue Size = 800
Scan Messages = yes
Reject Message = no
Maximum Processing Attempts = 6
Processing Attempts Database = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/Processing.db
Maximum Attachments Per Message = 200
Expand TNEF = yes
Use TNEF Contents = replace
Deliver Unparsable TNEF = no
TNEF Expander = /usr/bin/tnef --maxsize=100000000
TNEF Timeout = 120
File Command = /usr/bin/file
File Timeout = 20
Gunzip Command = /bin/gunzip
Gunzip Timeout = 50
Unrar Command = /usr/bin/unrar
Unrar Timeout = 50
Find UU-Encoded Files = yes
Maximum Message Size = %rules-dir%/max.message.size.rules
Maximum Attachment Size = -1
Minimum Attachment Size = -1
Maximum Archive Depth = 8
Find Archives By Content = yes
Unpack Microsoft Documents = yes
Zip Attachments = no
Attachments Zip Filename = MessageAttachments.zip
Attachments Min Total Size To Zip = 100k
Attachment Extensions Not To Zip = .zip .rar .gz .tgz .jpg .jpeg .mpg .mpe .mpeg .mp3 .rpm .htm .html .eml
Add Text Of Doc = no
Antiword = /usr/bin/antiword -f
Antiword Timeout = 50
Unzip Maximum Files Per Archive = 0
Unzip Maximum File Size = 50k
Unzip Filenames = *.txt *.ini *.log *.csv
Unzip MimeType = text/plain
Virus Scanning = yes
Virus Scanners = auto
Virus Scanner Timeout = 300
Deliver Disinfected Files = no
Silent Viruses = HTML-IFrame All-Viruses
Still Deliver Silent Viruses = no
Non-Forging Viruses = Joke/ OF97/ WM97/ W97M/ eicar
Spam-Virus Header = X-%org-name%-MailScanner-SpamVirus-Report:
Virus Names Which Are Spam = Sane*UNOFFICIAL HTML/* *Phish*
Block Encrypted Messages = no
Block Unencrypted Messages = no
Allow Password-Protected Archives = yes
Check Filenames In Password-Protected Archives = yes
Allowed Sophos Error Messages =
Sophos IDE Dir = /opt/sophos-av/lib/sav
Sophos Lib Dir = /opt/sophos-av/lib
Monitors For Sophos Updates = /opt/sophos-av/lib/sav/*.ide
Monitors for ClamAV Updates = /usr/local/share/clamav/*.cld /usr/local/share/clamav/*.cvd
ClamAVmodule Maximum Recursion Level = 8
ClamAVmodule Maximum Files = 1000
ClamAVmodule Maximum File Size = 10000000 # (10 Mbytes)
ClamAVmodule Maximum Compression Ratio = 250
Clamd Port = 3310
Clamd Socket = /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock # /tmp/clamd.socket
Clamd Lock File = # /var/lock/subsys/clamd
Clamd Use Threads = no
ClamAV Full Message Scan = yes
Fpscand Port = 10200
Dangerous Content Scanning = yes
Allow Partial Messages = no
Allow External Message Bodies = no
Find Phishing Fraud = yes
Also Find Numeric Phishing = yes
Use Stricter Phishing Net = yes
Highlight Phishing Fraud = yes
Phishing Safe Sites File = %etc-dir%/phishing.safe.sites.conf
Phishing Bad Sites File = %etc-dir%/phishing.bad.sites.conf
Country Sub-Domains List = %etc-dir%/country.domains.conf
Allow IFrame Tags = disarm
Allow Form Tags = disarm
Allow Script Tags = disarm
Allow WebBugs = disarm
Ignored Web Bug Filenames = spacer pixel.gif pixel.png gap shim
Known Web Bug Servers = msgtag.com
Allow Object Codebase Tags = disarm
Convert Dangerous HTML To Text = no
Convert HTML To Text = no
Archives Are = zip rar ole
Allow Filenames =
Deny Filenames =
Filename Rules = %etc-dir%/filename.rules.conf
Allow Filetypes =
Allow File MIME Types =
Deny Filetypes =
Deny File MIME Types =
Filetype Rules = %etc-dir%/filetype.rules.conf
Archives: Allow Filenames =
Archives: Deny Filenames =
Archives: Filename Rules = %etc-dir%/archives.filename.rules.conf
Archives: Allow Filetypes =
Archives: Allow File MIME Types =
Archives: Deny Filetypes =
Archives: Deny File MIME Types =
Archives: Filetype Rules = %etc-dir%/archives.filetype.rules.conf
Quarantine Infections = yes
Quarantine Silent Viruses = no
Quarantine Modified Body = no
Quarantine Whole Message = yes
Quarantine Whole Messages As Queue Files = yes
Keep Spam And MCP Archive Clean = no
Language Strings = %report-dir%/languages.conf
Rejection Report = %report-dir%/rejection.report.txt
Deleted Bad Content Message Report  = %report-dir%/deleted.content.message.txt
Deleted Bad Filename Message Report = %report-dir%/deleted.filename.message.txt
Deleted Virus Message Report        = %report-dir%/deleted.virus.message.txt
Deleted Size Message Report        = %report-dir%/deleted.size.message.txt
Stored Bad Content Message Report  = %report-dir%/stored.content.message.txt
Stored Bad Filename Message Report = %report-dir%/stored.filename.message.txt
Stored Virus Message Report        = %report-dir%/stored.virus.message.txt
Stored Size Message Report        = %report-dir%/stored.size.message.txt
Disinfected Report = %report-dir%/disinfected.report.txt
Inline HTML Signature = %report-dir%/inline.sig.html
Inline Text Signature = %report-dir%/inline.sig.txt
Signature Image Filename = %report-dir%/sig.jpg
Signature Image <img> Filename = signature.jpg
Inline HTML Warning = %report-dir%/inline.warning.html
Inline Text Warning = %report-dir%/inline.warning.txt
Sender Content Report        = %report-dir%/sender.content.report.txt
Sender Error Report        = %report-dir%/sender.error.report.txt
Sender Bad Filename Report = %report-dir%/sender.filename.report.txt
Sender Virus Report        = %report-dir%/sender.virus.report.txt
Sender Size Report         = %report-dir%/sender.size.report.txt
Hide Incoming Work Dir = yes
Include Scanner Name In Reports = yes
Mail Header = X-%org-name%-MailScanner:
Spam Header = X-%org-name%-MailScanner-SpamCheck:
Spam Score Header = X-%org-name%-MailScanner-SpamScore:
Information Header = X-%org-name%-MailScanner-Information:
Add Envelope From Header = yes
Add Envelope To Header = no
Envelope From Header = X-%org-name%-MailScanner-From:
Envelope To Header = X-%org-name%-MailScanner-To:
ID Header = X-%org-name%-MailScanner-ID:
IP Protocol Version Header = # X-%org-name%-MailScanner-IP-Protocol:
Spam Score Character = s
SpamScore Number Instead Of Stars = no
Minimum Stars If On Spam List = 4
Clean Header Value       = Found to be clean
Infected Header Value    = Found to be infected
Disinfected Header Value = Disinfected
Information Header Value = Please contact the ISP for more information
Detailed Spam Report = yes
Include Scores In SpamAssassin Report = yes
Always Include SpamAssassin Report = no
Multiple Headers = add
Place New Headers At Top Of Message = yes
Hostname = the %org-name% ($HOSTNAME) MailScanner
Sign Messages Already Processed = no
Sign Clean Messages = no
Attach Image To Signature = no
Attach Image To HTML Message Only = no
Allow Multiple HTML Signatures = no
Dont Sign HTML If Headers Exist = # In-Reply-To: References:
Mark Infected Messages = yes
Mark Unscanned Messages = yes
Unscanned Header Value = Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service Provider for details
Remove These Headers = X-Mozilla-Status: X-Mozilla-Status2:
Deliver Cleaned Messages = yes
Notify Senders = yes
Notify Senders Of Viruses = no
Notify Senders Of Blocked Filenames Or Filetypes = yes
Notify Senders Of Blocked Size Attachments = yes
Notify Senders Of Other Blocked Content = no
Never Notify Senders Of Precedence = list bulk
Scanned Modify Subject = no # end
Scanned Subject Text = {Scanned}
Virus Modify Subject = start
Virus Subject Text = {Virus?}
Filename Modify Subject = start
Filename Subject Text = {Filename?}
Content Modify Subject = start
Content Subject Text = {Dangerous Content?}
Size Modify Subject = start
Size Subject Text = {Size}
Disarmed Modify Subject = no
Disarmed Subject Text = {Disarmed}
Phishing Modify Subject = no
Phishing Subject Text = {Fraud?}
Spam Modify Subject = start
Spam Subject Text = {Spam?}
High Scoring Spam Modify Subject = start
High Scoring Spam Subject Text = {Spam?}
Warning Is Attachment = yes
Attachment Warning Filename = %org-name%-Attachment-Warning.txt
Attachment Encoding Charset = ISO-8859-1
Archive Mail =
Missing Mail Archive Is = directory
Send Notices = yes
Notices Include Full Headers = yes
Hide Incoming Work Dir in Notices = no
Notice Signature = -- \nMailScanner\nEmail Virus Scanner\nwww.mailscanner.info
Notices From = MailScanner
Notices To = postmaster
Local Postmaster = postmaster
Spam List Definitions = %etc-dir%/spam.lists.conf
Virus Scanner Definitions = %etc-dir%/virus.scanners.conf
Spam Checks = yes
Spam List = spamhaus-ZEN SBL+XBL spamcop.net NJABL MAPS-RBL MAPS-DUL MAPS-RSS SORBS-DNSBL SORBS-HTTP SORBS-SOCKS SORBS-MISC SORBS-SMTP SORBS-WEB SORBS-SPAM SORBS-BLOCK SORBS-ZOMBIE SORBS-ZOMBIE SORBS-DUL SORBS-RHSBL CBL MSRBL-COMBINED
Spam Domain List = spamhaus-ZEN SBL+XBL spamcop.net NJABL MAPS-RBL MAPS-DUL MAPS-RSS SORBS-DNSBL SORBS-HTTP SORBS-SOCKS SORBS-MISC SORBS-SMTP SORBS-WEB SORBS-SPAM SORBS-BLOCK SORBS-ZOMBIE SORBS-ZOMBIE SORBS-DUL SORBS-RHSBL CBL MSRBL-COMBINED
Spam Lists To Be Spam = 1
Spam Lists To Reach High Score = 1
Spam List Timeout = 10
Max Spam List Timeouts = 7
Spam List Timeouts History = 10
Is Definitely Not Spam = %rules-dir%/spam.whitelist.rules
Is Definitely Spam = %rules-dir%/spam.blacklist.rules
Definite Spam Is High Scoring = yes
Ignore Spam Whitelist If Recipients Exceed = 20
Max Spam Check Size = 200k
Use Watermarking = no
Add Watermark = yes
Check Watermarks With No Sender = yes
Treat Invalid Watermarks With No Sender as Spam = nothing
Check Watermarks To Skip Spam Checks = yes
Watermark Secret = %org-name%-Secret
Watermark Lifetime = 604800
Watermark Header = X-%org-name%-MailScanner-Watermark:
Use SpamAssassin = yes
Max SpamAssassin Size = 200k
Required SpamAssassin Score = 6
High SpamAssassin Score = 10
SpamAssassin Auto Whitelist = yes
SpamAssassin Timeout = 75
Max SpamAssassin Timeouts = 10
SpamAssassin Timeouts History = 30
Check SpamAssassin If On Spam List = yes
Include Binary Attachments In SpamAssassin = yes
Spam Score = yes
Cache SpamAssassin Results = yes
SpamAssassin Cache Database File = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin.cache.db
Rebuild Bayes Every = 0
Wait During Bayes Rebuild = yes
Use Custom Spam Scanner = no
Max Custom Spam Scanner Size = 20k
Custom Spam Scanner Timeout = 20
Max Custom Spam Scanner Timeouts = 10
Custom Spam Scanner Timeout History = 20
Spam Actions = deliver header "X-Spam-Status: Yes"
High Scoring Spam Actions = store
Non Spam Actions = deliver header "X-Spam-Status: No"
SpamAssassin Rule Actions =
Sender Spam Report         = %report-dir%/sender.spam.report.txt
Sender Spam List Report    = %report-dir%/sender.spam.rbl.report.txt
Sender SpamAssassin Report = %report-dir%/sender.spam.sa.report.txt
Inline Spam Warning = %report-dir%/inline.spam.warning.txt
Recipient Spam Report = %report-dir%/recipient.spam.report.txt
Enable Spam Bounce = %rules-dir%/bounce.rules
Bounce Spam As Attachment = no
Syslog Facility = mail
Log Speed = yes
Log Spam = yes
Log Non Spam = yes
Log Delivery And Non-Delivery = yes
Log Permitted Filenames = yes
Log Permitted Filetypes = yes
Log Permitted File MIME Types = yes
Log Silent Viruses = no
Log Dangerous HTML Tags = yes
Log SpamAssassin Rule Actions = yes
SpamAssassin Temporary Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
SpamAssassin User State Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/spamassassin
SpamAssassin Install Prefix =
SpamAssassin Site Rules Dir = /etc/mail/spamassassin
SpamAssassin Local Rules Dir =
SpamAssassin Local State Dir = # /var/lib/spamassassin
SpamAssassin Default Rules Dir =
MCP Checks = yes
First Check = spam
MCP Required SpamAssassin Score = 1
MCP High SpamAssassin Score = 10
MCP Error Score = 1
MCP Header = X-%org-name%-MailScanner-MCPCheck:
Non MCP Actions = deliver
MCP Actions = deliver
High Scoring MCP Actions = deliver
Bounce MCP As Attachment = no
MCP Modify Subject = start
MCP Subject Text = {MCP?}
High Scoring MCP Modify Subject = start
High Scoring MCP Subject Text = {MCP?}
Is Definitely MCP = no
Is Definitely Not MCP = no
Definite MCP Is High Scoring = no
Always Include MCP Report = no
Detailed MCP Report = yes
Include Scores In MCP Report = no
Log MCP = no
MCP Max SpamAssassin Timeouts = 20
MCP Max SpamAssassin Size = 100k
MCP SpamAssassin Timeout = 10
MCP SpamAssassin Prefs File = %mcp-dir%/mcp.spam.assassin.prefs.conf
MCP SpamAssassin User State Dir =
MCP SpamAssassin Local Rules Dir = %mcp-dir%
MCP SpamAssassin Default Rules Dir = %mcp-dir%
MCP SpamAssassin Install Prefix = %mcp-dir%
Recipient MCP Report = %report-dir%/recipient.mcp.report.txt
Sender MCP Report = %report-dir%/sender.mcp.report.txt
Use Default Rules With Multiple Recipients = no
Read IP Address From Received Header = no
Spam Score Number Format = %d
MailScanner Version Number = 4.79.11
SpamAssassin Cache Timings = 1800,300,10800,172800,600
Debug = no
Debug SpamAssassin = no
Run In Foreground = no
Always Looked Up Last = no
Always Looked Up Last After Batch = no
Deliver In Background = yes
Delivery Method = batch
Split Exim Spool = no
Lockfile Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/Locks
Custom Functions Dir = /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/CustomFunctions
Lock Type =
Syslog Socket Type =
Automatic Syntax Check = yes
Minimum Code Status = supported
include /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/*