Hi, On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Mark Martinec <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex, > >> I've read the docs regarding amavisd-release, but wondered if the >> quarantine is also stored in a database that can be queried to search >> for a message that may be in the quarantine? > > Quarantined messages may be stored as an SQL quarantine. > Except for releasing from such quarantine (which is provided by amavisd), > the rest of the quarantine management and searching is not provide > by amavisd. Either use some existing third-party tools, or coin up > the SQL queries as needed. > >> I've been unable to locate documentation on the files in >> /var/spool/amavisd/db. Do the contents of those db files include >> information on files in the quarantine? > > The db files there are not for quarantine. These Berkeley db files keep > evidence of amavisd child process states (as displayed by amavisd-nanny), > and amavisd statistics counters, as displayed by amavisd-agent or > exported into SNMP by amavisd-snmp-subagent.
Thanks for the explanation. I will investigate third-party applications and SQL possibilities. I'm assuming any third-party applications would have the ability to store info in an SQL db and provide the ability to query to determine which quarantined file has the info based on a query. Thanks again, Alex
