Once an email attachment is quarantined, it is pretty easy to release it if needs be. Please be very carefull that you are not releasing a Virus. READ the attached warning that MailScanner sends you to be 100% sure what you are releasing.

MailScanner will send a TXT file with the full path of where it has stored the attachment. For example:




Note to Help Desk: Look on the PioneerCoaches () MailScanner in /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20070529 (message l4TE8KUB010335).

So , you would first start by changing into that directory.




[root@server ~]# cd /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20070529/l4TE8KUB010335/




If you run the      ls    command you will see there are 2 Queue files, as well as the attachment;




[root@server l4TE8KUB010335]# ls
dfl4TE8KUB010335  Pro Forma A 2007.0005.HRE.doc  qfl4TE8KUB010335



In order to release the whole mail, you will need to copy the    df   and   qf  files to the  outgoing mail queue:



[root@server l4TE8KUB010335]# cp dfl4TE8KUB010335 qfl4TE8KUB010335 /var/spool/mqueue/



The original mail will now be sent to the intended recipient.