Mailscanner, MTA and postfix questions

[Lindsay Snider]

Chris Trudeau wrote:
> Hey Lindsay and list,
>
> Does this appear to resolve the split message header issues and duplicate
> logging issues with the MailWatch front-end?

I'm not familiar w/ mailwatch but I think it should.  We graph on
status=sent and don't see double counting.

>
> I ditched postfix (against my better judgement) about 6 months ago, because
> I couldn't find a resolution to the duplicate message logging issue....


>
> CT
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lindsay Snider" <lindsay at PA.NET>
> To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Mailscanner, MTA and postfix questions
>
>
>
>>Hey Jason!
>>
>>I have another method to run postfix.  It's less hacky, required only
>>one postfix instance, and has been running great here on 7 machines for
>>over a year.  It's also easier to setup.  Here is the template email
>>describing how to set it up.
>>
>>First, have postfix put all messages you want scanned into the hold
>>queue.  Since we want them all scanned, our header_checks has a one
>>liner in it that matches every email.
>>
>>/etc/postfix/main.cf:
>>header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/header_checks
>>
>>/etc/postfix/header_checks:
>>/^Received:/    HOLD
>>
>>
>>And here are the changes for MailScanner.
>>
>>/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf:
>>Run As User = postfix
>>Run As Group = postfix
>>Incoming Queue Dir = /var/spool/postfix/hold
>>Outgoing Queue Dir = /var/spool/postfix/incoming
>>MTA = postfix
>>
>>/etc/sysconfig/MailScanner:
>>MTA=postfix
>>
>>chown -R postfix:postfix /var/spool/MailScanner/
>>
>>and we like to mount mailscanners working directory on /dev/shm. For us,
>>MailScanner ran about 20% faster.
>>
>>fstab:
>>/dev/shm                /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming tmpfs defaults
>>0 0
>>
>>When starting/stopping MailScanner w/ init.d, it complains about not
>>finding the incoming postfix instance but its safe to ignore the error.
>>
>>Let me know how it goes or if I can provide any more detail/info.
>>Good luck!
>>-lindsay
>>
>>Jason Williams wrote:
>>
>>>Hello everyone.
>>>
>>>I've been tinkering around lately with Mailscanner and have really liked
>>>what I have seen so far. I've been able to successfully get MS up and
>>>running on a FreeBSD box running sendmail. I setup clamav without
>
> breaking
>
>>>a sweat. The only thing I haven't been able to get fully involved with
>
> yet
>
>>>is working with SA...
>>>
>>>I wanted to ask a few questions regarding MTA's and MS. I know Sendmail
>>>works with MS and works quite easily. However, I have toyed with the
>
> idea
>
>>>of running MS on a postfix box (MS is going to act as our mail gateway,
>>>scanning and stripping items as they come in, then forward to our
>
> private
>
>>>mail server).
>>>
>>>I've read through some archives as well as the FAQ on Postfix, but I
>
> wanted
>
>>>to hear some other feedback in regards to how well Postfix works with
>
> MS. I
>
>>>read in the archives, that support for Postfix is not fully implemented
>>>yet?
>>>
>>>I don't mind running MS on a Sendmail box, but I wanted to get the best
>
> of
>
>>>both worlds by running one of our mail servers on postfix, and the other
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> on
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>>>sendmail (granted, our internal mail server must run Sendmail)
>>>
>>>I quickly setup a postfix box here at work and did some initial
>>>configurations. However, I was confused about one part of the setup that
>>>was listed on the MS site. Specifically, the part where it says to
>
> comment
>
>>>out the smtpd line in master.cf. That would effectively not allow it to
>>>listen on port 25 at all. Is this a typo? Or is there something else
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> that
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>>>needs to be done with this as well.
>>>
>>>I appreciate the help.
>>>
>>>Just a quick question: Do most people run MS on Sendmail? Anyone have a
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> %
>
>>>list of what MTA is most popular to run MS on? Just curious really.
>>>
>>>Thanks everyone!
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Jas