Dallas L. Engelken wrote:
>>
>> So why don't we change qmail-scanner to return
>> a 5xx SMTP error code and a short message when a
>> virus email is quarantined?
>>
>> That way, a legitimate sender will instantly
>> know that there is a problem with his email,
>> instead of believing that the email was delivered
>> successfully. If the email does not really
>> contain a virus (i.e. false positive) then he
>> can contact the mail server's administrator
>> and have the problem fixed.
>>
>
> I have already done this on my servers. I'll try and put together a
> small patch here soon for it. I'm getting ready to send a different
> patch to the list here in a few minutes..
>
> I still like having notifications, so I actually do generate
> notifications for admin, but after notifications are sent, I
> error_condition() with a code of 33. For spam, I reject with a code of
> 32
>
> if ($REJECT_VIRUS && $quarantine_event && $destring =~ m/^virus/) {
> &error_condition("Virus detected, send SMTP error code...",33);
> }
>
> if ($REJECT_SPAM && $spam_event) {
> &error_condition("Spam detected, send SMTP error code...",32);
> }
I'm eager to hear what Jason Haar has to say about this. I don't know
how error codes are generated in q-s so I can't really comment on the
usability of the above code, but in concept it looks like what I'm
suggesting.
> In order to get error codes that mean something, instead of '451 qq temp
> fail', you'll need to recompile qmail/netqmail.
Yeah, what a shame. I think it would be a good idea to include your
qmail.c patch in contrib.
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