What does this mean? MailScanner: Could not analyze message

[Brian Parish]

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Hmmm.  Maybe this symptomatic of another problem?

# MailScanner -v
Cannot open config file -v, No such file or directory
at /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Config.pm line 575.
[root at server root]# rpm -qa | grep mailsc
mailscanner-4.31.6-1

Probably time I upgraded, but I am still at a loss to know why this started
without any changes and why restarting MailScanner seems to have fixed it.

cheers
Brian

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:13 pm, Martin Hepworth wrote:
> Brian
>
> what version of MailScanner and what version of the perl modules
>
> "MailScanner -v" will give you the info..
>
>
> --
> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>
> Brian Parish wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:33 pm, Brian Parish wrote:
> >>On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:03 pm, Brian Parish wrote:
> >>>Today with no changes in configuration, senders to accounts hosted here
> >>>started getting messages like this:
> >>>
> >>>---------------------
> >>>
> >>>X-Univex Systems Pty Ltd-MailScanner: generated
> >>>
> >>>Our virus detector failed to completely analyse a message you sent:-
> >>>  To: brian at univexsystems.com
> >>>  Subject: The Application for Network Technician
> >>>  Date: Tue Nov 30 07:08:13 2004
> >>>Any parts of the message that could not be analysed will not have been
> >>>delivered.
> >>>
> >>>If you are using Microsoft Outlook, we strongly recommend you change
> >>> your outgoing message format from "Rich Text" to "HTML" or "Plain
> >>> Text".
> >>>
> >>>1) Click on the "Tools" menu and choose "Options..."
> >>>2) Got to the "Mail Format" tab
> >>>3) For message format, select "HTML" or "Plain text"
> >>>4) Click OK
> >>>
> >>>The virus detector said this about the message:
> >>>Report: MailScanner: Could not analyze message
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>MailScanner
> >>>Email Virus Scanner
> >>>www.mailscanner.info
> >>>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
> >>>
> >>>---------------------
> >>
> >>Looking further at this, I see
> >>
> >>Cannot parse /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/19497/5FA2B6715.header and ,
> >>Can't locate object method "init" via package
> >> "MIME::Decoder::QuotedPrint" at
> >> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/MIME/Decoder.pm line 173.
> >>
> >>messages in the log as well as:
> >>
> >>Compilation failed in require
> >>at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/MIME/Decoder.pm line 171.
> >>
> >>then lots of postfix messages warning of corrupt messages.
> >>
> >>Looks like something has gone horribly wrong with my MailScanner install,
> >>but without any known changes to the system.  I see similar messages
> >>reported in another thread: "Sudden problem..."
> >>
> >>Julian supplied a Message.pm file in response to this.  Should I install
> >>this as well?  I am concerned about all these corrupt messages.
> >>
> >>thanks again in advance
> >>Brian
> >
> > Sorry to keep talking to myself, but as I look more at this new info
> > emerges. In the absence of any othe ideas, I restarted MailScanner.  This
> > appears to have resolved the issue - at least for the moment.  No more
> > messages in the log and so far no bounces reported.  Still hunting for a
> > cause though.
> >
> > thanks again
> > Brian
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