--Urgent Help Please--

[Matthew K Bowman]

There are no virus lock files on my server.. This is from /tmp

-rw-r--r--    1 clamav   clamav      16274 Oct 14 11:01 ClamAV.update.log
drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Mar  6  2003 mcop-root
drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Mar  6  2003 orbit-root
-rw-------    1 root     root            0 Oct 14 10:54
session_mm_apache0.sem

This is maillog on a start of MailScanner

Oct 14 11:23:31 smithers sendmail[4638]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt
by root
Oct 14 11:23:31 smithers sendmail[4638]: /etc/aliases: 28 aliases, longest
23 bytes, 389 bytes total
Oct 14 11:23:31 smithers sendmail[4647]: starting daemon (8.11.6): SMTP
Oct 14 11:23:31 smithers sendmail[4656]: starting daemon (8.11.6):
queueing at 00:15:00
Oct 14 11:23:31 smithers MailScanner[4677]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
version 4.22-4 starting...
Oct 14 11:23:33 smithers MailScanner[4677]: Using locktype = flock
Oct 14 11:23:34 smithers MailScanner[4677]: New Batch: Found 2677 messages
waiting
Oct 14 11:23:34 smithers MailScanner[4677]: New Batch: Scanning 100
messages, 1874684 bytes
Oct 14 11:23:34 smithers MailScanner[4677]: Spam Checks: Starting


----- Original Message -----
From: "Antony Stone" <Antony at SOFT-SOLUTIONS.CO.UK>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: --Urgent Help Please--


> On Tuesday 14 October 2003 3:44 pm, Matthew K Bowman wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > My setup
> >
> > Dell Poweredge Dual P3 1Ghz with 1GB Ram.
> > Redhat 7.3
> > sendmail 8.11.6-25.72
> > Mail Scanner 4.22-4
> > SpamAssassin 2.55
> > ClamAv 0.60
> > F-Prot 4.3.0-1
>
> Are either of the last two items in the process of updating their
signatures,
> thus causing the scanning to be interrupted?
>
> > Email is getting scanned by MailScanner for spam but sits in the queue.
My
> > /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming has:
> >
> > drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Oct 14 10:25 5619
> > drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Oct 14 10:25 5633
> > drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Oct 14 10:25 5647
> > drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Oct 14 10:25 5660
> > drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Oct 14 10:26 5667
> > drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Oct 14 10:26 5680
> > drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Oct 14 10:26 5695
> > drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Oct 14 10:26 5716
> > drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Oct 14 10:26 5729
> > drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Oct 14 10:26 5747
> >
> > From maillog
> >
> > Oct 14 10:26:51 smithers MailScanner[5747]: New Batch: Found 1833
messages
> > waiting
> > Oct 14 10:26:51 smithers MailScanner[5747]: New Batch: Scanning 100
> > messages, 3240046 bytes
>
> Yes, but what comes next in the logfile?
>
> > Sendmail is running and accepting connections but its not delivering
e-mai.
> > No errors, maillog not even reporting message accepted for delivery.. My
> > other mailscanner box is running fine.
>
> Sounds like MailScanner is not processing the messages and passing them on
to
> the second MTA queue for delivery.   My guess is a virus scanner lockfile.
>
> Antony.
>
> --
>
> What I don't know far exceeds what I know, but unfortunately, it is far
> easier to write about what I know than about what I don't know.
>
>  - Kevin Kelly, Out of Control
>