mail scanner help

[Peter Bonivart]

I prefer having two scripts for better control. I modify the Sendmail
script with only the necessary things and then I add a script for
MailScanner.

Changes in /etc/init.d/sendmail (add the first two lines and comment out
the third, note that is it three lines even though they might be broken
in the mail):

/usr/lib/sendmail $MODE -OPrivacyOptions=noetrn -ODeliveryMode=queueonly
-OQueueDirectory=/var/spool/mqueue.in &
/usr/lib/sendmail -q$QUEUEINTERVAL -OQueueDirectory=/var/spool/mqueue &
#/usr/lib/sendmail $MODE -q$QUEUEINTERVAL $OPTIONS &

A simple MailScanner script, /etc/init.d/mailscanner:

#!/sbin/sh

# mailscanner - controls MailScanner
# 2003-05-19 Peter Bonivart, CSC

DIR=/opt/MailScanner

case "$1" in
start)
   $DIR/bin/check_mailscanner
   ;;
stop)
   echo "Shutting down MailScanner..."
   pkill -x MailScanner
   > $DIR/MailScanner.pid
   ;;
reload)
   echo "Reloading MailScanner..."
   pkill -HUP -x MailScanner
   ;;
*)
   echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop | reload }"
   exit 1
   ;;
esac

exit 0

Remember to symlink it:

# cd /etc/rc2.d
# ln -s /etc/init.d/mailscanner S90mailscanner
# cd ../rc1.d
# ln -s /etc/init.d/mailscanner K34mailscanner

Now you can quickly get MS to read updated configs by using
"/etc/init.d/mailscanner reload". You can also stop Sendmail and MS
independently, for example stop Sendmail to let MS catch up.

When running you should have something similar to this:

root at kleenex[/]# ps -ef | grep Mail
     root   200     1  0   Oct 15 ?        0:01 /usr/bin/perl
-I/opt/MailScanner/lib /opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner /opt/Mail
     root  7390   200  0 18:26:11 ?        0:19 /usr/bin/perl
-I/opt/MailScanner/lib /opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner /opt/Mail
     root  5140   200  1 18:04:07 ?        0:20 /usr/bin/perl
-I/opt/MailScanner/lib /opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner /opt/Mail
     root  4749   200  0 18:01:17 ?        0:23 /usr/bin/perl
-I/opt/MailScanner/lib /opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner /opt/Mail
     root  7306   200  0 18:25:44 ?        0:18 /usr/bin/perl
-I/opt/MailScanner/lib /opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner /opt/Mail
     root  6550   200  0 18:16:16 ?        0:19 /usr/bin/perl
-I/opt/MailScanner/lib /opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner /opt/Mail

root at kleenex[/]# ps -ef | grep send
    smmsp   182     1  0   Oct 15 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m
     root   171     1  0   Oct 15 ?        6:02 /usr/lib/sendmail -bd
-OPrivacyOptions=noetrn -ODeliveryMode=queueonly -OQueueD
     root   172     1  0   Oct 15 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -q15m
-OQueueDirectory=/queues/mqueue
     root 18085   171  0 20:31:03 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -bd
-OPrivacyOptions=noetrn -ODeliveryMode=queueonly -OQueueD

You might not have the "sendmail -Ac" depending on your Sendmail
version. But you should at all times have one "sendmail -q" and at least
one "sendmail -bd" depending on current load.

/Peter Bonivart

--Unix lovers do it in the Sun

Sun Fire V210, Solaris 9, Sendmail 8.12.10, MailScanner 4.23-11,
SpamAssassin 2.60 + DCC 1.2.9, ClamAV 20030829

Sathes Nair wrote:
> hi guys,, i need your help on this.
>
> I would like to know how do i configure the startup
> script for my sendmail and also, do i need to start
> sendmail and mailscanner together or only mailscanner
> to send and receive mails. I have attach the sendmail
> startup scipt and can anyone help me to configure it.
> really apprecite your help. I am running mail scanner
> on solaris 8.
> I could able to start sendmail and mailscanner but
> really dont no whether it is working or not.
>
> Thank you so much
>
> cheers