MailScanner issue with postfix

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Jun 26 17:04:27 IST 2003


At 16:53 26/06/2003, you wrote:
>MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK> schrieb am 26.06.03
>17:46:42:
> >
> > At 16:21 26/06/2003, you wrote:
> > >MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK> schrieb am 26.06.03
> > >16:25:49:
> > > >
> > > > At 11:47 26/06/2003, you wrote:
> > > > >Hello all...
> > > > >
> > > > > >The MailScanner doesn't take any mails from
> /var/postfix.in./deferred
> > > > > >your configuration seems to be the same as my.
> > > > > >I've no idea what to do.
> > > > >
> > > > >Apologies for not necessarily having an answer, but I note that
> various
> > > > >people here talking about Postfix and MS are running quite old
> versions
> > > > >(one a 1999 snapshot), and also Postfix 1.x...
> > > > >
> > > > >I'm running (now in production) fine with Postfix 2.x and MS.
> although I
> > > > >must admit I'm using a weird tweak of header_checks and HOLD than
> the two
> > > > >queue directories generally suggested...
> > > > >
> > > > >I presume that all the people with problems are seeing the mail enter
> > > > >correctly into the 'deferred' directory? If so, it would then
> imply that
> > > > >MS just doesn't recognise their format before moving them to
> 'incoming' to
> > > > >scan... ?
> > > >
> > > > If you are using Postfix 1, you should see a comment in your logs
> about the
> > > > Postfix queue directory depth being 2,
> > >
> > >where?
> >
> > In your maillog, somewhere just after MailScanner starts up.
> >
> >
> > >  which is it working out where to
> > > > collect messages from. It should work with Postfix 1 and 2.
> > > > --
> > > > Julian Field
> > > > www.MailScanner.info
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> > >
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> > Julian Field
> > www.MailScanner.info
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>
>
>my maillog says:
>
>Jun 26 17:02:22 nueslx03 postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail
>system
>Jun 26 17:02:23 nueslx03 postfix/master[3200]: daemon started
>Jun 26 17:02:34 nueslx03 MailScanner[3220]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner version 4.21-9 starting...
>Jun 26 17:02:43 nueslx03 MailScanner[3220]: Using locktype = flock
>Jun 26 17:02:44 nueslx03 MailScanner[3232]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner version 4.21-9 starting...
>Jun 26 17:02:54 nueslx03 MailScanner[3232]: Using locktype = flock
>Jun 26 17:02:54 nueslx03 MailScanner[3235]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner version 4.21-9 starting...
>Jun 26 17:03:03 nueslx03 MailScanner[3235]: Using locktype = flock
>Jun 26 17:03:04 nueslx03 MailScanner[3237]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner version 4.21-9 starting...
>Jun 26 17:03:21 nueslx03 MailScanner[3238]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner version 4.21-9 starting...
>Jun 26 17:03:24 nueslx03 MailScanner[3237]: Using locktype = flock
>Jun 26 17:03:39 nueslx03 MailScanner[3238]: Using locktype = flock
>Jun 26 15:04:15 nueslx03 postfix/smtpd[3242]: connect from
>unknown[192.168.90.52]
>Jun 26 15:04:17 nueslx03 postfix/smtpd[3242]: 326DB8822:
>client=unknown[192.168.90.52]
>Jun 26 15:04:18 nueslx03 postfix/cleanup[3243]: 326DB8822:
>message-id=<OFA77D0068.B4CBBA82-ONC1256D51.0051D055-C1256D51.005343C8 at is-ag.com>
>Jun 26 15:04:18 nueslx03 postfix/smtpd[3242]: disconnect from
>unknown[192.168.90.52]
>Jun 26 15:04:18 nueslx03 postfix/qmgr[3127]: 326DB8822:
>from=<Angela.Schwalm at is-online.de>, size=2435, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
>Jun 26 15:04:20 nueslx03 postfix/qmgr[3127]: 326DB8822:
>to=<angela.schwalm at nueslx03.isoftware.de>, relay=none, delay=1,
>status=deferred (deferred transport)

You have sent something really weird here. Look at the sequence of
timestamps in the log entries you just sent me...
--
Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support



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