Latest Postfix snapshot and MS 4.29.6-1

[Julian Field]

At 20:10 31/03/2004, you wrote:
>Will this have any effect on those of us who are using a "single" postfix
>configuration?  All of our email gets dumped to a the Hold queue where
>MailScanner picks it up...

It doesn't matter how you get the files from and to the queues, it's
changes in the format of the queue files which I have addressed. So it will
affect you if/when you upgrade to a newer Postfix.


>Eric
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
>Behalf Of Julian Field
>Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 12:44 PM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: Latest Postfix snapshot and MS 4.29.6-1
>
>
>Sveinn,
>
>You are in luck.
>
>About 2am today (couldn't sleep again so I thought I would tackle this
>instead) I built a recent Postfix snapshot and tested MailScanner against
>it. Lo and behold I got the same problems you have experienced. It appears
>that Wietse (for reasons best know to himself, I'm sure) has changed the
>queue file format to keep me on my toes. I have now implemented support for
>his new queue files and it appears to work just fine. I have also solved
>the problems reported a little while ago with messages with no body getting
>no MailScanner headers added.
>
>This will all be in tomorrow's stable release of MailScanner.
>
>P.S. If you want to try it before then, to help me check it all works, mail
>me off-list with which distribution you would like (RedHat, SuSE or
>"other") and I will build a copy for you.
>
>Jules.
>
>At 19:36 31/03/2004, you wrote:
> >Hi Julian.
> >
> >In unstable version 4.29.4 there was announced support for the latest
> >Postfix snapshot.
> >
> >I have been experimenting with the latest Postfix snapshot and MailScanner
> >4.29.6-1 with no success. MailScanner is successfully picking up new
> >messages, scanning them, and drops them off in the incoming directory, but
> >then Postfix complaints (see maillog at bottom).
> >
> >
> >
> >When I examine the queue files before and after MailScanner, I notice a big
> >difference in the "N'Received: from" line...
> >
> >
> >Before MailScanner:
> >N'Received: from a (host.name.com [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx])N/ ............
> >
> >After MailScanner:
> >             875m a (host.name.com [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx])N/ ............
> >
> >
> >
> >Postfix 2.1 RC-1 will be released next weekend, and I'm really excited
>about
> >some of the new features, expecially regarding recipient address
> >verification and SMTPD Policy which will make my life a lot easier.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles MailScanner[18619]: New Batch: Forwarding 1 unscanned
> >messages, 578 bytes
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles MailScanner[18619]: MCP Checks completed at 578 bytes
> >per second
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles MailScanner[18619]: Spam Checks: Starting
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles MailScanner[18619]: Spam Checks completed at 578 bytes
> >per second
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles MailScanner[18619]: Requeue: 0E79C46FA0 to 5FC1D4708D
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles MailScanner[18619]: Unscanned: Delivered 1 messages
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles MailScanner[18619]: Virus and Content Scanning:
> >Starting
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles MailScanner[18619]: Virus Scanning completed at 578
> >bytes per second
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles MailScanner[18619]: Virus Processing completed at 578
> >bytes per second
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles MailScanner[18619]: Disinfection completed at 578
>bytes
> >per second
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles MailScanner[18619]: Batch completed at 578 bytes per
> >second (578 / 0)
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles postfix/qmgr[12]: 5FC1D4708D: from=<>, size=522,
> >nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles postfix/smtp[18632]: warning: corrupted queue file:
> >active/5/5FC1D4708D
> >Mar 31 18:04:33 sles postfix/smtp[18632]: panic: smtp_rcpt_cleanup:
> >recipient count mismatch: 0+0!=1
> >Mar 31 18:04:34 sles postfix/qmgr[12]: warning: premature end-of-input on
> >private/smtp socket while reading input attribute name
> >Mar 31 18:04:34 sles postfix/qmgr[12]: warning: private/smtp socket:
> >malformed response
> >Mar 31 18:04:34 sles postfix/qmgr[12]: warning: transport smtp failure --
> >see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the problem
> >description
> >Mar 31 18:04:34 sles postfix/qmgr[12]: warning: saving corrupt file
> >"5FC1D4708D" from queue "active" to queue "corrupt"
> >Mar 31 18:04:34 sles postfix/master[31846]: warning: process
> >/usr/lib/postfix/smtp pid 18632 killed by signal 6
> >Mar 31 18:04:34 sles postfix/master[31846]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtp:
> >bad command startup -- throttling
> >
> >
> >Thanks for all your hard work !!
> >
> >
> >Sveinn G. Gunnarsson
> >UNIX Specialist
> >
> >E-mail: sveinng at ogvodafone.is
> >Tel: (+354) 599 9000
> >Fax: (+354) 599 9005
> >
> >Og Vodafone
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> >Iceland
> >www.ogvodafone.is
>
>--
>Julian Field
>www.MailScanner.info
>Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
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Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654