Re: [AMaViS-user] how to retrieve a false positive spam

[ Top-posting corrected ]
* Paul Barbeau is quoted & my replies are inline below :
>
>> I have a message that was falsely detected as spam[1]. I have
>> found the gzipped file in /var/virusmails/spam-xxxx.gz.
>>
>> Is there a simple way to retrieve it or pass it on to the
>> intended recipient, or do I just have to manually process it?
>>
>> I gunzipped it and tried to read it with mutt, but it does not
>> appear to be a legitimate email format. How do I make it so?
>>
>> [1] It was given a score of 8, but was legitimate mail! Not the
>> fault of amavis or spamassassin - the mail was extremely poorly
>> formed and included many spam-like words.
>
> What I do to release messages is the following (well something like it).
>
> zcat /var/virusmails/spam-xxxx.gz | sendmail troy@piggo.com

Thanks. I just tried that, but that message got detected as spam
again. I have pretty much a default amavis setup, so guess I'll
need to add someone to the whitelist :) Now more reading to see
how to do that.

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