First time installation of MailScanner

[Mike Kercher]

Hrm...maybe you need to look at the permissions on /var/run/ and see why
MailScanner.pid could not be created.  Did you change the User and Group
MailScanner run as in your MailScanner.conf?

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Stephen Liu
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 8:25 AM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: First time installation of MailScanner


Hi Mike,

# tail -f /var/log/maillog
[root at localhost root]# tail -f /var/log/maillog
Sep 22 21:24:05 localhost MailScanner[3173]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
Scanner version 4.23-11 starting... Sep 22 21:24:06 localhost
MailScanner[3173]: Could not read file /var/run/MailScanner.pid Sep 22
21:24:06 localhost MailScanner[3173]: Error in line 108, file
"/var/run/MailScanner.pid" for pidfile does not exist (or can not be
read)
Sep 22 21:24:11 localhost sendmail[3192]: alias database /etc/aliases
rebuilt by satimis Sep 22 21:24:11 localhost sendmail[3192]: /etc/aliases:
63 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 625 bytes total Sep 22 21:24:11 localhost
sendmail[3202]: starting daemon (8.12.8): SMTP Sep 22 21:24:11 localhost
sm-msp-queue[3207]: starting daemon (8.12.8): queueing at 00:15:00 Sep 22
21:24:11 localhost sendmail[3213]: starting daemon (8.12.8):
queueing at 00:15:00 Sep 22 21:24:16 localhost MailScanner[3232]: MailScanner
E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.23-11 starting... Sep 22 21:24:16 localhost
MailScanner[3232]: Using locktype = flock Sep 22 21:24:26 localhost
MailScanner[3237]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.23-11
starting... Sep 22 21:24:26 localhost MailScanner[3237]: Using locktype =
flock
:


B.R.
Stephen


On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 21:14, Mike Kercher wrote:
> try this:
> 
> service MailScanner restart;tail -f /var/log/maillog
> 
> see if there are any errors in your maillog which you can post back to 
> the list that might help us out.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
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-----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On 
> Behalf Of Stephen Liu
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 8:06 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: First time installation of MailScanner
> 
> 
> Hi Ugo,
> 
> Thanks for your response.
> 
> On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 18:52, Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> - snip -
> > > 
> > > RH9.0 workstaton
> > > Evolution 1.4
> > > =============
> > > 
> > > My email software continues downloading MS silly junk mails 
> > > bouncing all the time.  I just have MailScanner installed and 
> > > running.
> > > 
> > > # service MailScanner start
> > > Starting MailScanner daemons:
> > >          incoming sendmail:              [  OK  ]
> > >          outgoing sendmail:              [  OK  ]
> > >          MailScanner:                      [  OK  ]
> > > 
> > > Still I observe the abovementioned junk mails downloaded.
> > 
> > How do you get your mail?  POP3? IMAP?  SMTP?
> 
> Receiving: POP3
> Sending:  SMTP
> 
> > You must get your mail by smtp to be able to use MailScanner (at 
> > least
> > in its default config, I don't know if it can filter up against Pop or 
> > imap.)
> 
> SMTP is to send mails
>  
> > > how to check whether MailScanner is in full function.
> > 
> > ps -aux | MailScanner
> 
> # ps -aux | MailScanner (Enter)
> no response/indication
> 
> B.R.
> Stephen