Re: [exim] BSMTP reader

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Author: Craig Jackson
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To: Richard Doyle, exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] BSMTP reader


> -----Original Message-----
> From: exim-users-bounces@???
> [mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] On Behalf Of Richard Doyle
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:38 PM
> To: exim-users@???
> Subject: Re: [exim] BSMTP reader
>
>
> On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 10:55 +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Richard Doyle
> <rdoyle@???>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I apologize for the off-topic post, but does anyone know of a mail
> > > reader that is capable of reading BSMTP files?
> >
> >
> > It's not quite off topic. However, why don't you just
> deliver the mails and
> > read them as should be done.
> I'm currently using the system filter to deliver suspicious
> messages to
> a quarantine file (an mbox), then loading that file into mutt, and
> forwarding the few legitimate messages in the file to user
> mailboxes. Of
> course, forwarding mangles the messages.
>
> Instead, I'd like to deliver the messages to the quarantine file in
> bsmtp format, sort through them with a mail reader, delete
> all the crap,
> then reinject the good messages with -bS.
>
> Craig Jackson suggested Thunderbird, but I haven't quite figured out
> how ...
>
> Thanks.
>
> >


I am sorry not to have been more specific. I have those BSMTP messages
delivered to a courier IMAP folder, then connect to that IMAP server
with Thunderbird. It is a Maildir format. Thunderbird doesn't care at
all about the extra BSMTP headers. I can even reply to the message.