RaQ - Frustrated now - HELP please

[Paul Houselander]

Whats

"Outgoing queue dir=" set to in mailscanner.conf?

Is it the same as

"QueueDirectory=" in sendmail.cf

Take a look in the Outgoing queue dir - does it contain the qf an df files?

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavin Nelmes-Crocker" <gavin at NETERGY.COM>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 9:29 AM
Subject: RaQ - Frustrated now - HELP please


> ok here is the story so far.
>
> Installed each perl module individually - fixing problems with them as I
> went along (mainly they installed in different places so the next one
> didn't find them - a bunch of symlinking or copying fixed that)
>
> Installed Mailscanner V4 fix 6 at the time and got it started (more
> symlinking required) now in the log you see this
>
> Oct 23 09:17:41 localhost sendmail[20721]: alias database
> /etc/mail/aliases rebuilt by root
> Oct 23 09:17:41 localhost sendmail[20721]: /etc/mail/aliases: 17
> aliases, longest 10 bytes, 189 bytes total
> Oct 23 09:17:41 localhost sendmail[20721]: alias database
> /etc/mail/aliases.majordomo rebuilt by root
> Oct 23 09:17:41 localhost sendmail[20721]: /etc/mail/aliases.majordomo:
> 12 aliases, longest 70 bytes, 520 bytes total
> Oct 23 09:17:41 localhost sendmail[20725]: starting daemon (8.10.2):
> SMTP
> Oct 23 09:17:41 localhost sendmail[20728]: starting daemon (8.10.2):
> queueing at 00:15:00
> Oct 23 01:17:44 localhost MailScanner[20741]: MailScanner
> Oct 23 01:17:44 localhost MailScanner[20741]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner version 4.01-6 starting...
> Oct 23 01:17:44 localhost MailScanner[20741]: Using locktype = flock
> Oct 23 01:17:54 localhost MailScanner[20745]: MailScanner
> Oct 23 01:17:54 localhost MailScanner[20745]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner version 4.01-6 starting...
> Oct 23 01:17:54 localhost MailScanner[20745]: Using locktype = flock
> Oct 23 01:18:04 localhost MailScanner[20749]: MailScanner
> Oct 23 01:18:04 localhost MailScanner[20749]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner version 4.01-6 starting...
> Oct 23 01:18:04 localhost MailScanner[20749]: Using locktype = flock
> Oct 23 01:18:14 localhost MailScanner[20771]: MailScanner
> Oct 23 01:18:14 localhost MailScanner[20771]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner version 4.01-6 starting...
> Oct 23 01:18:14 localhost MailScanner[20771]: Using locktype = flock
> Oct 23 01:18:24 localhost MailScanner[20774]: MailScanner
> Oct 23 01:18:24 localhost MailScanner[20774]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner version 4.01-6 starting...
> Oct 23 01:18:24 localhost MailScanner[20774]: Using locktype = flock
>
> which I presume is correct shows sendmail starting correctly and then
> Mailscanner kicking in with its 5 processes, so I send a mail to it and
> I see this (ip addresses removed
>
> Oct 23 09:20:38 localhost sendmail[20875]: g9N8KcK20875:
> from=<gavin at netergy.com>, size=291, class=0, nrcpts=1,
> msgid=<54VQ1ZTSJEDAJIB7PNBAYW07NJA82V1V.3db65c2b at Gavin>, proto=SMTP,
> daemon=MTA, relay=[]
> Oct 23 01:20:40 localhost MailScanner[20774]: New Batch: Scanning 1
> messages, 658 bytes
> Oct 23 01:20:40 localhost MailScanner[20774]: Spam Checks: Starting
> Oct 23 01:20:40 localhost MailScanner[20774]: Spam Checks: Found 0 spam
> messages
> Oct 23 01:20:40 localhost MailScanner[20774]: Virus Scanning: Starting
> Oct 23 01:20:41 localhost MailScanner[20774]: Virus Scanning: f-prot
> found 0 infections
> Oct 23 01:20:41 localhost MailScanner[20774]: Virus Scanning: Found 0
> viruses
> Oct 23 01:20:41 localhost MailScanner[20774]: Other Checks: Starting
> Oct 23 01:20:41 localhost MailScanner[20774]: Other Checks: Found 0
> problems
> Oct 23 01:20:41 localhost MailScanner[20774]: Content Checks: Starting
> Oct 23 01:20:41 localhost MailScanner[20774]: Content Checks: Found 0
> problems
> Oct 23 01:20:41 localhost MailScanner[20774]: Uninfected: Delivered 1
> messages
> Oct 23 09:20:53 localhost in.qpopper[20886]: (v?) POP login by user
> "admin" at ()
>
> ok so a look at this tells me that it got a message Mailscanner did
> something with it f-prot scanned it no virus, no other problems and it
> delivered it.  the PROBLEM is where the hell did it put it certainly
> wasn't in the users mailbox and I can't see where else it would go but
> thin air which is a bit frustrating - so near but yet so far, never mind
> the Spamassasain install I want to bolt in as well!
>
> Help please
>
> Regards
>
> Gavin
>
> --
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> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> believed to be clean.

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