Error installing Version 3.27

[Julian Field]

This looks like a download problem, but you are the 2nd person to have the
same problem.

Can anyone confirm that the RPM for 3.27 actually does work on somebody's
system, or do I need to rebuild it?

At 08:08 02/01/2003, you wrote:
>I re-downloaded, but the result is exactly the same. I attach the full
>message as following :
>
>[xxxx]# rpm -Uvh mailscanner-3.27-1.i386.rpm
>Preparing...                ###########################################
>[100%]
>    1:mailscanner            warning:
>/usr/local/MailScanner/etc/viruses.to.delete.conf created as
>/usr/local/MailScanner/etc/viruses.to.delete.conf.rpmnew
>error: unpacking of archive failed on file /var/spool/mqueue.in: cpio:
>rename failed - Is a directory
>
>-Jason
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert A. Thompson" <ucs_rat at SHSU.EDU>
>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:40 AM
>Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Version 3.27 and 4.11
>
>
> > re-download the rpm.  sounds like you have a bad rpm.  Might try a
> > md5sum to check the file.  I assume the md5sums are on the website.
> >
> > --rat
> >
> > On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 20:39, pg wrote:
> > > I'm using Redhat 7.2. I tried to upgrade to 3.27 from 3.26 but the
>following
> > > error message appeared :
> > >
> > > error: unpacking of archive failed on file /var/spool/mqueue.in: cpio:
> > > rename failed - Is a directory
> > >
> > > -Jason
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Julian Field" <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
> > > To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 7:48 PM
> > > Subject: ANNOUNCE: Version 3.27 and 4.11
> > >
> > >
> > > > Happy New Year everyone!
> > > >
> > > > I have just released updated versions of both V3 and V4.
> > > >
> > > > The only change for V3 is an important security fix, which you can
>easily
> > > > apply without upgrading if you don't want to. See the ChangeLog below
>for
> > > > details.
> > > >
> > > > There are many improvements and changes for V4. A few of them are:
> > > > - Security fix is included
> > > > - Modify Subject: line to show a message has been scanned
> > > > - Stop MailScanner replying to mailing lists that send it viruses
> > > > - Quarantine-cleaning script included
> > > > - Virus scanner update cron job replaced by global updater script
> > > > - Full installation instructions for FreeBSD
> > > > - Improved AntiVir, Sophos, F-Prot and F-Secure parsers
> > > >
> > > > Also, in the spirit of Perl tradition, there is now a MailScanner
>Poetry
> > > > page for all you closet bards out there. Contributions are most
>welcome
> > > :-)
> > > >
> > > > It can all be downloaded as usual from
> > > >         www.mailscanner.info
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > For completeness, here is the entry from the ChangeLog for V4.11:
> > > >
> > > > *Security*
> > > > - *** Important Security Fix ***
> > > >
> > > >    You must edit the "sendmail -bd ..." command in your init script
>and
> > > add
> > > >                            -OPrivacyOptions=noetrn
> > > >    as otherwise people could maliciously bypass MailScanner on servers
> > > that
> > > > are under heavy load.
> > > >    It is *vital* that you protect yourself with this change.
> > > >    However, please note there have been no reports at all of this
>problem
> > > > being actively exploited.
> > > >    It is included in the init scripts that are part of the RPM
> > > > distributions, so RPM users just need to upgrade to the latest
> > > mailscanner*rpm.
> > > >
> > > > *New Features and Improvements*
> > > > - Added 2 more configuration options to modify the subject line
>whenever a
> > > > message is scanned (but no other subject line changes have happened)
>so it
> > > > is obvious to all that the message has been scanned. By default this
>will
> > > > (if enabled) add "{Scanned}" to the end of the Subject: line.
> > > > - Added "Never Notify Senders Of Precedence" configuration option so
>that
> > > > you can stop MailScanner replying to postings to mailing lists and
>other
> > > > bulk mail.
> > > > - A modified version of Steve Patterson's "clean.quarantine" script is
> > > > included as a daily cron job. It is disabled by default. Edit it to
>see
> > > how
> > > > to enable it. If you edit it, it will not be over-written by later
> > > upgrades
> > > > to MailScanner.
> > > > - Written an update_virus_scanners script which updates all installed
> > > > scanners. This is called hourly, as daily wasn't often enough and
>RedHat
> > > > don't offer anything between hourly and daily.
> > > > - Implemented full support for BSD with installation instructions
>based on
> > > > the tar distribution.
> > > > - Added Swedish translation of all reports.
> > > > - Added Spanish and Slovak translation of language strings.
> > > > - Added wrapper script for inoculan.
> > > > - Added an AntiVir autoupdate script.
> > > > - Improved AntiVir parser to handle new output format.
> > > > - Sophos parser improved to detect Sophos complaining about being
>given 1
> > > > part of a multi-part archive. Gets flagged as a virus.
> > > > - F-Prot and F-Secure parsers improved to handle unusual virus names
>and
> > > > quieter handling of archives containing infected files.
> > > > - Added "$filename" variable expansion in sender warnings. Used it in
>the
> > > > English versions of the sender warnings.
> > > > - Completely new daemonising code to fix problems with ssh sessions
> > > > refusing to die.
> > > > - Added "startin" and "startout" parameters to init.d scripts for
>RedHat
> > > > and SuSE.
> > > > - Improved error reporting slightly in configuration compiler.
> > > > - Spam logging now includes the recipient domains as well as the
>sender.
> > > > - Incoming Queue Dirs can now be a file listing directories which
>include
> > > > wildcards.
> > > > - Added the message's subject line to the sender spam reports.
> > > > - Added a "sleep 5" in between the stop and start in "restart" in the
> > > > init.d script.
> > > > - Creates quarantine directories as required.
> > > > - Added link checking in code for finding incoming queue dirs.
> > > > - Added note for McAfee users about avoiding symlinks with anything
>even
> > > > remotely connected to McAfee itself.
> > > > - Added "Poetry" page to the web site for Nick's idle thoughts...
> > > >
> > > > *Fixes*
> > > > - Fixed problem of orphaned queue files being left in incoming queue
>when
> > > > MailScanner child processes are killed half-way through clearing a
> > > message.
> > > > - Fixed file locking code in Config.pm so Exim users do not have to
>have
> > > > the config files owned by exim.exim instead of root.root.
> > > > - Fixed Exim missing-characters-from-start-of-message bug.
> > > > - Fixed SpamAssassin "timeout 260 of 20" counter bug.
> > > > - Fixed EximDiskStore file locking bug.
> > > > - Fixed bug where unscanned messages are not properly archived if not
> > > > archiving as raw queue files.
> > > > - Fixed bug stopping Exim collecting large message batches.
> > > > - Changed default virus scanner from "sophos" to "none".
> > > > --
> > > > Julian Field
> > > > www.MailScanner.info
> > > > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
> > > >
> >

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Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support