I don't have an answer to this question.  I just know that it is a problem.  

But what I find amusing is, here is another instance of two vendors of 
interacting software products who point the finger at each other, both saying 
"it's the other guy's fault."



-------- Original Message --------
> From: "John T \(Lists\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 5:21 PM
> To: declude.junkmail@declude.com
> Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] 4.2 build 20 Released 6 July 2006
> 
> Although I do not use SmarterMail, my take is these are like T files in
> Imail where it is not a complete message, but for some reason SmarterMail is
> allowing Declude to have them even though they are not complete.
> 
> John T
> eServices For You
> 
> "Seek, and ye shall find!"
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary
> > Steiner
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 12:13 PM
> > To: declude.junkmail@declude.com
> > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] 4.2 build 20 Released 6 July 2006
> > 
> > Here is SmarterTools take on the problem:
> > 
> > > Failed is written to the .hdr if the message was not succesfully
> recieved via SMTP.
> > For
> > > instance, if the connection is closed mid transmission. These(and
> corresponding
> > .emls) are
> > > normally just deleted by SmarterMail. The only reason you are noticing
> them is
> > because of
> > > Declude storing them in the error folder.
> > 
> > The implication is that Declude is interrupting part of SmarterMail's
> normail process.
> > Now I know this is essentially what Declude does anyway, but shouldn't
> Declude know
> > the difference between a message that has finished SMTP and SmarterMail is
> ready to
> > deliver, and a message that is incomplete in the SMTP process and an SMTP
> retry is
> > occurring so this failed message should be ignored?  Otherwise we are
> going to get
> > thousands of unneccessary incomplete messages dumped into the error folder
> that is
> > going to do nothing other than to take up disk space.  Not to mention that
> if some
> > other type of error occurs that puts a message in the error folder, we'll
> never find it
> > because its buried under all these other superfluous messages.  Before
> 4.2.20, this
> > wasn't a problem.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > > From: "David Barker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 3:24 PM
> > > To: declude.junkmail@declude.com
> > > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] 4.2 build 20 Released 6 July 2006
> > >
> > > Gary,
> > >
> > > This is a SmarterMail issue. When they fail to complete the .hdr file
> they
> > > write "Failed" in the .hdr as this was causing major spam leakage for
> > > declude we decided to move  incomplete messages to the \error folder.
> You
> > > could try changing the "Failed" to Written and drop the messages in the
> > > \spool.
> > >
> > > David B
> > > www.declude.com
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary
> > > Steiner
> > > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 2:52 PM
> > > To: declude.junkmail@declude.com
> > > Subject: re: [Declude.JunkMail] 4.2 build 20 Released 6 July 2006
> > >
> > > Now that I've installed 4.2.20, I'm getting a lot of messages in the
> error
> > > folder (I'm running SmarterMail 3.3.2369).  Most of them seem to be
> spam,
> > > but there are some good messages in there.  Am I now going to have to
> scan
> > > this folder for false positives just like the held spam folder?
> > >
> > > Here is an example of the .hdr file for a message that was good:
> > >
> > > Failed
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > cmdspc: false
> > > helo: ivmail1.fcc.es
> > >
> > > What does "Failed" mean?  Is there something I can look for in the
> headers
> > > of the message (in the .eml file) that would indicate this?  Is there
> any
> > > way to requeue this message?
> > >
> > >
> > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > > From: "David Barker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 11:01 AM
> > > > To: Declude.Virus@declude.com>, <Declude.JunkMail@declude.com
> > > > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] 4.2 build 20 Released 6 July 2006
> > > >
> > > > EVA     ADD     New NONSTANDARDHDR vulnerability test. Messages
> found to
> > > > have broken headers are moved to the \virus folder
> > > >
> > > > EVA     FIX     ALLOWVULNERABILITIESFROM (for user)
> > > >
> > > > EVA     FIX     BANEXT buffer overflow
> > > >
> > > > SM      ADD     When an error is found in the envelope (.hdr) file
> the
> > > > message is moved to the \error folder
> > > >
> > > > SM      ADD     Decludeproc will not start without a valid
> domainlist.xml
> > > >
> > > > SM      FIX     QUEUEFILE_SAVEFILE the log is showing the correct
> directory
> > > > path
> > > >
> > > > SM      FIX     Allows admin to set VIRDIR to any directory path in
> the
> > > > virus.cfg
> > > >
> > > > David Barker
> > > > Product Manager
> > > > Your Email security is our businessT
> > > > 978.499.2933 office
> > > > 978.988.1311 fax
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > >
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