Trying to get MailScanner v4.22-5 to forward messages

[Julian Field]

At 21:28 07/08/2003, you wrote:
>I posted this to the group but haven't seen it yet so hope you don't
>mind that I posted to you directly.
>
>
>
>
> > > From: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 7:35 AM
> > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: Re: Trying to get MailScanner v4.22-5 to forward messages
> > >
> > > At 15:10 07/08/2003, you wrote:
> > > >OK, this might be an easy answer and if you couldn't tell, this is
>my
> > > first
> > > >time trying to get MailScanner working. I have installed
>MailScanner
> > > 4.22-5
> > > >and have it running on a Redhat 9.0 installation. Sendmail is
>disabled
> > > and
> > > >I even did the 'dnl DAEMON...' to get it working from outside the
>box.
> > I
> > > am
> > > >trying to get a domain routing to this box with MailScanner running
>on
> > it
> > > >to my Exchange System. If I turn off MailScanner and turn on just
> > > Sendmail,
> > > >everything works fine. Mail from the outside goes to RH9.0 then to
>the
> > > >Exchange. As soon as I turn off sendmail then turn on MailScanner,
>the
> > > mail
> > > >just sits in the /var/spool/m.... directory.
> > >
> > > What's the rest of that directory name? It's rather important!
> > >
> > Here is the full directory
>
>  /var/spool/mqueue.in
>
>
> > > >BTW, I turned off AntiVirus, and SpamAssassin too just to bring it
>down
> > > to
> > > >a basic level.
> > >
> > > What else did you change? (And I want the truth, not just the bits
>you
> > > think matter :-)
>
>  I think the configuration for MailScanner is straight out of the box so
>to
>  speak. The only things that I changed were that I turned off
>Spamassassin
>  and Sophos, yes I turned them on. That is all that I can think of. If
>you
>  would like I can forward over the Mailscanner.conf file.
>
> >
> > >
> > > Also, try doing a "sendmail -bv
>one.of.your.addresses at yourdomain.com" to
> > > see how sendmail thinks it will try to deliver a message to one of
>your
> > > users.
> >
>  Here is the command and the output.
>
>  ./sendmail -bv cslyon at netsvcs.com
>  cslyon at netsvcs.com... deliverable: mailer esmtp, host netsvcs.com.,
>user
>  cslyon at netsvcs.com

What sort of setup are you using to run MailScanner? The one I suggest in
the FAQ involving using your firewall to block incoming access to your
primary MX, and running MailScanner on a secondary MX? Or else what?
--
Julian Field
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