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Message archiving


It may be important for your company to keep a copy of all email messages that are exchanged with other organisations. MAILsweeper can be configured to perform this task by keeping a copy of each message it processes in a designated quarantine area.

The following example shows how you can configure MAILsweeper to archive all messages.

Firstly, create a directory called ARCHIVE under the QTINE directory of the default MAILsweeper installation.

For example:

mkdir C:\MSW\QTINE\ARCHIVE

Next, edit the MAILsweeper configuration files, as shown (changes are shown in bold).

In MIMESWP.CFG:

Add the following line to the [Clean] configuration section.

[Clean]
Deliver=
Quarantine=ArchiveMessage

Add the following configuration section to the quarantine control section.

[ArchiveMessage]
Comment=Message from %SENDER% archived
Area=Archived Messages

Add the following configuration section to the quarantine area section.

[Archived Messages]
Location=C:\MSW\QTINE\ARCHIVE\
File=C:\MSW\QTINE\ARCHIVE\Quarntne.lst

The configuration shown on the previous page sets up a new quarantine area into which the archived messages are placed.

For more details on how to set up the quarantine areas see page 7-28.

The previous configuration example archives all messages. It is possible to only archive messages that meet a certain criteria.

The following example shows how MAILsweeper can be configured to archive only messages that are leaving the company.

In AUTHFILE.TXT:

RESPONSE allow 
RESPONSE isjunkmail PRIORITY 1
RESPONSE copyadministrator PRIORITY 1
RESPONSE deny PRIORITY 2
RESPONSE OUTGOING PRIORITY 1

FROM *@* 
  To *@* allow          ;allow everything

FROM	*@company.com   ;archive all outgoing 		
   To *@* OUTGOING      ;messages

FINISH

A new AMUcheck rule is defined.

This rule states that the <Response> generated by AMUcheck for any message leaving your company (*@company.com) to any destination address (*@*) is OUTGOING.

A new RESPONSE statement is also listed in the first section of the file, to define the OUTGOING <Response>.

In MIMESWP.CFG

[Disposal]
DEFAULTDISPOSAL=Clean
...
OUTGOING=DeliverOut
...
LOADFAILURE=FailedLoad

The <Response> OUTGOING has an entry in the [Disposal] configuration section. This entry maps the <Response> to a final disposition for the message. This disposition is triggered when the specified criteria is met.

Assuming that OUTGOING is the highest priority <Response> generated by validation, the message is given a final disposition of DeliverOut.

The DeliverOut disposition has a corresponding configuration section that controls the actions taken.

[DeliverOut]
Deliver=
Quarantine=ArchiveMessage

This configuration section will deliver and also quarantine the message, as explained on the page 5-37.

See the AMUcheck section on page 7-97 and the Disposal section on page 7-22 for more details.



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