Mailscanner in mem

[Mozzi]

Hi Julien
I use redhat 7.3 with the latest MailScanner
I just setup tmpfs and I have /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming mounted(I use
fstab)
Now I Just sent myself a message and all looks fine the message was  accepted
and got delivered.

Mar 27 17:04:04 mailscanner sendmail[4430]: h2RF44H04430:
to=<test at ans.nom.za>, delay=00:00:00, mailer=smtp, pri=30556, stat=queued
Mar 27 17:04:07 mailscanner MailScanner[4331]: New Batch: Scanning 1 messages,
1000 bytes
Mar 27 17:04:12 mailscanner MailScanner[4331]: Virus and Content Scanning:
Starting
Mar 27 17:04:12 mailscanner MailScanner[4331]: Uninfected: Delivered 1
messages
Mar 27 17:04:12 mailscanner sendmail[4435]: h2RF44H04430:
to=<test at ans.nom.za>, delay=00:00:08, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=smtp,
pri=120556, relay=[196.25.84.194] [196.25.84.194], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
(h2RF4Muc003419 Message accepted for delivery)

I havn't tested it under load but it looks like it wil work


Mozzi


On Monday 24 March 2003 13:51, you wrote:
> Try scanning a directory structure in tmpfs with the latest F-Prot code,
> it's possible they have fixed it.
> Let me know what you find.
>
> At 11:20 24/03/2003, you wrote:
> >Tnx
> >I use fprot so there goes that idea
> >
> >Mozzi
> >
> >On Monday 24 March 2003 12:55, you wrote:
> > > At 09:26 24/03/2003, you wrote:
> > > >Hallo all
> > > >
> > > >Can anyone remeber the subject for the thrad on running mailscanner in
> > > > memory?
> > > >
> > > >I have a box with 3Gig ram here and I need the performance.
> > >
> > > You can safely run with the MailScanner/incoming directory in RAM (just
> > > use tmpfs) as long as you aren't using F-Prot (which for some reason
> > > doesn't like tmpfs and won't recurse directories properly). Putting
> > > your mqueue.in and mqueue in RAM is very dodgy unless your RAM is
> > > battery-backed and your system is never rebooted with anything in its
> > > mail queues.
> > >
> > > If you are running Linux, then add a "-" in front of the log filename
> > > in syslog.conf. So instead of it logging to
> > >          /var/log/maillog
> > > make it
> > >          -/var/log/maillog
> > > That will stop syslogd from fsync-ing after every log entry, which can
> > > make quite a difference to your disk traffic.
> > >
> > > Running with MailScanner/incoming in tmpfs can add up to 30% to your
> > > max throughput.
> > > --
> > > Julian Field
> > > www.MailScanner.info
> > > Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
> > > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
>
> --
> Julian Field
> www.MailScanner.info
> Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
> MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support