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Re: courier-mta + amavisd-new + spamassassin



On Wednesday 24 November 2004 00:39, Horst Bursik wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:20:14 +0100, Frederik Dannemare
>
> <frederik@dannemare.net> wrote:
> >I have placed them at http://www.sentinel.dk/files/
>
> Thanks to you i found the problem:
>
> The following lines from amavisd.conf are verry important and are
> commented out by default:
>
> $mailfrom_notify_admin     = "postmaster\@$mydomain";
> $mailfrom_notify_recip     = "postmaster\@$mydomain";
>
> Thats the only think, that was/is missing in your howto.

I'll make sure to emphasize these two settings next time I update my 
recipe. Thanks.

> >> Is amavis in your setup able to add additional header fields?
> >
> >Come to think of it, I think you're right. I believe amavisd-new is
> > not able to rewrite the header. Anyway, I just throw away any mail
> > that is infected. I don't notice sender and recipient, or anybody
> > else.
>
> I did a little research and its by design, that courier does not
> allow any email modification (header rewriting or what ever) until
> the message leaves the mta. Modifing can only be accomplished by the
> mda witch normaly means maildrop filter configuration.
>
> Anyway i realy have to thank you for your help!

No problem. I'm glad I could help.
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