logs not showing >>>Virus

[Declan Grady]

Yes, I get the usual messages from mailscanner in the /var/log/maillog file
(Snippet from  'tail -100 /var/log/maillog | grep mailscanner' shwon below)

My syslog.conf contains the line 'mail.*        /var/log/maillog' which I think should cover all mail logging ?

Mabye the '>>>Virus' has become 'Possible virus' .. ?

Cheers,
Declan


<snip>
Jul  5 08:47:28 mail mailscanner[17020]: Scanning 1 messages, 8020 bytes
Jul  5 08:47:28 mail mailscanner[17020]: Scanned 1 messages, 8020 bytes in 0 seconds
Jul  5 08:47:58 mail mailscanner[17020]: Scanning 4 messages, 259676 bytes
Jul  5 08:47:59 mail mailscanner[17020]: Possible virus hidden in a screensaver in Edition.scr
Jul  5 08:47:59 mail mailscanner[17020]: Found 2 viruses in messages g657jOCG017225
Jul  5 08:47:59 mail mailscanner[17020]: Scanned 4 messages, 259676 bytes in 1 seconds
Jul  5 08:47:59 mail mailscanner[17020]: Deleted infected messages g657iOCG017225
Jul  5 08:47:59 mail mailscanner[17020]: Notified postmaster about 1 infections
Jul  5 08:47:59 mail mailscanner[17020]: Scanning 1 messages, 1872 bytes
Jul  5 08:47:59 mail mailscanner[17020]: Scanned 1 messages, 1872 bytes in 0 seconds
<snip>


On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 05:29:34PM +0100, Julian Field mentioned:
> Are you getting any messages from MailScanner in your logs at all? If not,
> then check your /etc/syslog.conf to see where mail.info is being logged.
>
> Add mail.info to your maillog line in /etc/syslog.conf and "kill -HUP" your
> syslogd.
>
> At 16:42 04/07/2002, you wrote:
> >Excuse my stupidity / newbieness ...
> >
> > >From memory, and from some recent posts on this list, it seems the
> > syslogs should be showing somwthing like >>>Virus xxx blah blah  when
> > mailscanner finds a virus.
> >
> >I dont see anything like this in either messages or in maillog files.
> >
> >I think I saw this with a (much) earlier version of mailscanner.
> >
> >Is it my config ?  If so, what option(s) ?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Declan
>
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