----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Richardson - Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:07 PM Subject: [vchkpw] Pulling raw messages out of a maildir
> I want to physically pull the mail message files out of the Admin user's > "virus found" folder (below INBOX) and just save them in a tar.gz file > until I write my scripts and process them. > > Q: Any harm in leaving qmail/vpopmail up and running while working at > the file system level to move the messages out of the Maildir tree? > I DO NOT want to risk damaging this account, since it's my real Admin > account. I do that sort of thing all the time (delete email files directly out of peoples maildir's) Shouldnt cause any problems (except maybe mess up that user's quota... which can be fixed by also zapping their maildirsize file) Michael.
