hi.. how do i recover mails?

[Ram <ra...@email.iimcal.ac.in>]

hi,

 

my email server uses spamassassin. is there any way i can 'clean' all the
tags from an assasinated email and recover the original message? many
genuine mails have been getting assasinated and it becomes really difficult
to read them.. esp when they have html content.

and how do i figure out what version of spamassassin my server is equipped
with? is there any way of knowing just by looking at an assassinated mail?

 

thanks,

ram

Re: hi.. how do i recover mails?

[Matthias Keller <li...@matthias-keller.ch>]

Ram wrote:

> hi,
>
> my email server uses spamassassin. is there any way i can ‘clean’ all 
> the tags from an assasinated email and recover the original message? 
> many genuine mails have been getting assasinated and it becomes really 
> difficult to read them.. esp when they have html content.
>
Best thing that happened to me concerning recovering quarantined 
Messages is the bsmtp format which allows for very easy re-injection of 
the mails...
look at the quarantine_method or something like that...
This doesn't clean them, but allows you to deliver them finally

> and how do i figure out what version of spamassassin my server is 
> equipped with? is there any way of knowing just by looking at an 
> assassinated mail?
>
There usually is a header telling you this - if not, a spamassassin -D 
should probably tell you...

Matt

Re: hi.. how do i recover mails?

[Thorsten Haude <sa...@thorstenhau.de>]

Hi,

* Ram wrote (2005-02-05 15:15):
>my email server uses spamassassin. is there any way i can 'clean' all the
>tags from an assasinated email and recover the original message?

Look in the manpage for the --remove-markup option.


>many genuine mails have been getting assasinated and it becomes
>really difficult to read them.. esp when they have html content.

Then ask the sender not to send HTML messages.


>and how do i figure out what version of spamassassin my server is equipped
>with? is there any way of knowing just by looking at an assassinated mail?

Yes, look in the mail headers.


Thorsten
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Re: hi.. how do i recover mails?

[Robert Menschel <Ro...@Menschel.net>]

Hello Ram,

Saturday, February 5, 2005, 6:15:07 AM, you wrote:

R> my email server uses spamassassin. is there any way i can 'clean' all the
R> tags from an assasinated email and recover the original message? many
R> genuine mails have been getting assasinated and it becomes really difficult
R> to read them.. esp when they have html content.

If your server has done this correctly, the original email, unchanged,
is an attachment to the email you receive with the spam notification.
You should be able to open that attachment using the normal method
within your email program, and you should then be able to view that
email.

R> and how do i figure out what version of spamassassin my server is equipped
R> with? is there any way of knowing just by looking at an assassinated mail?

Check the email headers in any email.  It should contain something
like
> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.0 required=5.0
> tests=BAYES_00,NO_REAL_NAME,SP_HAM_EXTREME autolearn=ham version=3.0.1
That last element is the SpamAssassin version.

If you're getting a very large number of false positives, then there's
a problem in your server's installation.  Either they have scores out
of whack, or a confused Bayes database.

If the false positives (non-spam flagged as spam) are from specific
and consistent senders (such as mailing lists or newsletters), you may
be able to whitelist those sources. Otherwise you'll need to work with
your server to help them fix their problem.

Bob Menschel