Andrew is correct. Depending on how MailScanner is setup, it will either deliver or store or both.
However, if you don't store the message, you won't have a way to reclassify false negatives. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:baruwa- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Colin Kissa > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 12:21 PM > To: Baruwa users list > Subject: Re: [Baruwa] Reclassify "Clean" Messages > > > On 03 May 2011, at 7:11 PM, Malachi McCabe wrote: > > > Maybe I don't fully understand this process. If all messages were > > quarantined, wouldn't that mean that manual intervention would be required > > to identify and release clean messages to users? > > This depends on how you configure mailscanner, most admins do not > store a message when it is "clean" some decide to store a copy but send > the message on to the recipient, > > By default all clean mail does not get "quarantined" or stored. > > Non Spam Actions = deliver header "X-Spam-Status: No" > > > > > I always understood a quarantine to be a "holding tank" or "jail" if you > > will, for messages that have been automatically scanned and flagged as > > either definitely bad or suspect. > > That is correct. > > > Meanwhile, clean messages are passed on > > to the recipient. Then an administrator would review these quarantined > > messages and manually release any false-positives. > > Either the administrator or the users themselves can do this, as they can > receive a list of items sitting in the quarantine on a daily basis. > > > > > You're suggesting that I should have all of my user's email go into > > quarantine? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of automated email scanning? > > Some admins do this because they want the ability to be able to train messages > that are false negatives, but a copy of the clean mail still gets to the user. > > NOTE: > > It may be illegal in some countries to actually store mail that has not been > identified as spam, My approach is never to store clean mail, false positives > should be learned through an external mechanism such as the user attaching > the message and sending to a specific email address that unpacks the message > then learns it, but thats just me. > > -- > Baruwa - www.baruwa.org > > _______________________________________________ > Baruwa mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.baruwa.org/mailman/listinfo/baruwa _______________________________________________ Baruwa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.baruwa.org/mailman/listinfo/baruwa
