mail scanner help

Sathes Nair jovi_2 at YAHOO.COM
Thu Nov 20 09:01:11 GMT 2003


Thanks guys it works...


--- Peter Bonivart <peter at UCGBOOK.COM> wrote:
> 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


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