Cannot start mailScanner all of a sudden

[Julian Field]

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Sounds like your SpamAssassin installation is screwed up, as you suspected.
Remove all trace of it and then reinstall it.

At 09:45 05/10/2004, you wrote:
>root at srv08 [/usr/sbin]# ./MailScanner
>In Debugging mode, not forking...
>SA bayes lock is /root/.spamassassin/bayes.lock
>Bayes lock is at /root/.spamassassin/bayes.lock
>unknown type  for __REPORT_DSN: 18 at
>/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1671.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
>Of Julian Field
>Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 4:26 AM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: Cannot start mailScanner all of a sudden
>
>I didn't mean you to run the cron job. That is designed to do exactly what
>it did.
>I meant you to run the command which is on root's $PATH in /usr/sbin.
>
>At 09:21 05/10/2004, you wrote:
> >root at srv08 [/etc/cron.hourly]# ./check*
> >MailScanner manually shut down (no /var/lock/subsys/MailScanner.off file).
> >Not restarting.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
>Behalf
> >Of Julian Field
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 4:04 AM
> >To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >Subject: Re: Cannot start mailScanner all of a sudden
> >
> >In MailScanner.conf, set
> >Debug = yes
> >Then kill all your MailScanner processes. Then run check_mailscanner with
> >at least 1 message in the incoming queue. That will tell you why it's not
> >starting.
> >
> >At 08:55 05/10/2004, you wrote:
> > >All of a sudden we are seeing huge loads from MailScanner. Reason is
> > >because it cannot start. Don't know why but this is what we are seeing,
> > >pages and pages of these.
> > >
> > >Oct  5 03:24:28 srv08 MailScanner[22370]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner
> > >version 4.34.8 starting...
> > >Oct  5 03:24:38 srv08 MailScanner[22372]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner
> > >version 4.34.8 starting...
> > >Oct  5 03:24:48 srv08 MailScanner[22374]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner
> > >version 4.34.8 starting...
> > >Oct  5 03:24:58 srv08 MailScanner[22376]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner
> > >version 4.34.8 starting...
> > >Oct  5 03:25:08 srv08 MailScanner[22466]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner
> > >version 4.34.8 starting...
> > >Oct  5 03:25:18 srv08 MailScanner[22468]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner
> > >version 4.34.8 starting...
> > >Oct  5 03:25:28 srv08 MailScanner[22470]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner
> > >version 4.34.8 starting...
> > >
> > >We upgraded to 4.34.8 in the hope that this will fix the issue but it
> > >hasn't. Same problem. Mailscanner is trying to restart but it can't.
> > >
> > >I reinstall Spamassassin 3.0 which has been more of a pain than a
> > >solution. Still cannot get SA3.0 and MailScanner to work.
> > >
> > >I'm seeing errors in Spamassassin, something about parser. That's why I
> > >tried to re install it using FORCE. That has not fixed the problem. I
> > >don't get what the issue is all of a sudden. This may be a perl 5.8.1
> > >issues but its hard to tell.
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> > >'leave mailscanner' in the body of the email.
> > >Before posting, read the MAQ
> > >(<http://www.mailscanner.biz/maq/>http://www.mailscanner.biz/maq/)
> > >and the archives
> >
> >(<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mailscanner.html>http://www.jiscmail.ac.u
> >k/lists/mailscanner.html).
> > >
> >
> >--
> >Julian Field
> >www.MailScanner.info
> >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
> >Buy the MailScanner book at www.MailScanner.info/store
> >
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>
>--
>Julian Field
>www.MailScanner.info
>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
>Buy the MailScanner book at www.MailScanner.info/store
>
>PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654
>
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>'leave mailscanner' in the body of the email.
>Before posting, read the MAQ (http://www.mailscanner.biz/maq/) and
>the archives (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mailscanner.html).

--
Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
Buy the MailScanner book at www.MailScanner.info/store

PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654

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