Notices not being sent to postmaster

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Tue Feb 4 15:29:21 GMT 2003


At 15:28 04/02/2003, you wrote:
>Hello, any suggesstions for why MailScanner is not sending mail to the
>postmaster, though I believe I've done all the proper settings for it.  I
>am including a segment of MailScanner.conf and the Mail.log:

The maillog shows that it is indeed trying to send the messages.
Have you got any email filters in place catching mail from MailScanner?
This is quite a common mistake (your notices turn up in your mailing list
folder).

>Thanks,
>Dan Bowen
>Oak Ridge Schools
>Oak Ridge, TN
>
>MailScanner.conf
>
># Notify the local system administrators ("Notices To") when any infections
># are found?
># This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
>Send Notices = yes
>
># Include the full headers of each message in the notices sent to the local
># system administrators?
># This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
>Notices Include Full Headers = yes
>
># Where to send the notices.
># This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
>Notices To = postmaster at ortn.edu
>
># Address of the local Postmaster, which is used as the "From" address in
># virus warnings sent to users.
># This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
>Local Postmaster = postmaster at ortn.edu
>
>
>
>Mail.log:
>
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail MailScanner[549]:
>/private/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/549/./h14FBYZR000990/kitty.exe:
>Worm/Klez.H FOUND
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail MailScanner[549]: Virus Scanning: clamav found 1
>infections
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail MailScanner[549]: Virus Scanning: Found 1 viruses
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail MailScanner[549]: Filename Checks: Windows/DOS
>Executable (kitty.exe)
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail MailScanner[549]: Other Checks: Found 1 problems
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail MailScanner[549]: Silent: Delivered 1 messages
>containing silent viruses
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail sendmail[995]: NOQUEUE:   0: fl=0x0, mode=20666: CHR:
>dev=2/8295364, ino=43122308, nlink=1, u/gid=0/0, size=0
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail sendmail[995]: NOQUEUE:   1: fl=0x0, mode=100644:
>dev=14/6, ino=3124312, nlink=1, u/gid=0/0, size=9717
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail sendmail[995]: NOQUEUE:   3: fl=0x2, mode=140000:
>SOCK [0]->[[UNIX: /var/run/syslog]]
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail sendmail[996]: NOQUEUE:   0: fl=0x0, mode=140000:
>SOCK [0]->(Socket is not connected)
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail sendmail[996]: NOQUEUE:   1: fl=0x0, mode=100644:
>dev=14/6, ino=3124312, nlink=1, u/gid=0/0, size=9717
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail sendmail[996]: NOQUEUE:   3: fl=0x2, mode=140000:
>SOCK [0]->[[UNIX: /var/run/syslog]]
>Feb  4 10:11:38 mail MailScanner[549]: Notices: Warned about 1 messages

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