MailScanner 4.40.11 restarting after every batch

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Apr 15 13:51:52 IST 2005 

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Get it in a state where it isn't working by putting it back to the
layout you started with. Then kill MailScanner. Then set "Debug = yes"
in MailScanner.conf and restart MailScanner.
    service MailScanner stop
then edit MailScanner.conf
then
    service MailScanner startin
    service MailScanner startout
then test MailScanner with
    check_MailScanner
and look for any error messages. It should pickup and process 1 batch of
messages and then stop.
Then put it back to normal by setting "Debug = no" in MailScanner.conf
and then
    service MailScanner restart
and you will be running normally again.

Hopefully the error messages it prints will give you some idea of what
is really wrong.

Adri Koppes wrote:

>Martin,
>
>hmmm seems the cause is a different one!
>I just moved the MailWatch.pm from CustomFunctions backup and inserted a
>'require MailScanner/Mailwatch.pm' in CustomConfig.pm.
>Restarted MailScanner and now it seems to work fine again....
>Looks like there's something funny happening, when the MailWatch.pm is auto
>loaded by MS from the CustomFunctions directory.
>
>Adri.
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Martin Hepworth [mailto:martinh at SOLID-STATE-LOGIC.COM]
>>Sent: 15 April, 2005 14:35
>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>Subject: Re: MailScanner 4.40.11 restarting after every batch
>>
>>
>>Adri
>>
>>hmm well looks like that's the problem then, even if it did
>>work with 4.39
>>
>>try Walker Aumann's modified version of MailWatch.pm and see
>>if you get
>>the same results..
>>
>>--
>>Martin Hepworth
>>Snr Systems Administrator
>>Solid State Logic
>>Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>>
>>
>>Adri Koppes wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Martin,
>>>
>>>Just commented out the Always Lookup Last to diable MailWatch and no
>>>restarts in the last 10 min.
>>>Before commenting it out, MailWatch was still logging
>>>
>>>
>>properly, despite the
>>
>>
>>>restarts.
>>>
>>>Adri.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Martin Hepworth [mailto:martinh at SOLID-STATE-LOGIC.COM]
>>>>Sent: 15 April, 2005 14:08
>>>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>>Subject: Re: MailScanner 4.40.11 restarting after every batch
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Adri
>>>>
>>>>is logging to the mysql DB for Mailwatch OK??
>>>>
>>>>What happens if you take out the Call to MailWatch.PM in
>>>>"Always Looked
>>>>Up Last"
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Martin Hepworth
>>>>Snr Systems Administrator
>>>>Solid State Logic
>>>>Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Adri Koppes wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Martin,
>>>>>
>>>>>I can see MS starting all it's children (3 in my
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>configuration) on the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>install startup.
>>>>>Then after each batch, MS delivers the messages and I can
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>see it restarting,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>using a different PID each time.
>>>>>Checking the previous child seems to have died, since I only see 3
>>>>>mailscanner processes in ps/top.
>>>>>
>>>>>Adri.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: Martin Hepworth [mailto:martinh at SOLID-STATE-LOGIC.COM]
>>>>>>Sent: 15 April, 2005 13:47
>>>>>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>>>>Subject: Re: MailScanner 4.40.11 restarting after every batch
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Adri
>>>>>>
>>>>>>you sure this isn't just MS starting all it's children? How many
>>>>>>Children should it be starting?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>have you looked ove the last 30 minutes or so and made sure the
>>>>>>processed ID's are being reused in the logs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>Martin Hepworth
>>>>>>Snr Systems Administrator
>>>>>>Solid State Logic
>>>>>>Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Adri Koppes wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I just upgraded to MailScanner 4.40.11 on FreeBSD 4.10,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>using portupgrade
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>and the port made by J. Koopman.
>>>>>>>Before I was running 4.39.6 without any problems, but after
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>the upgrade,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>MailScanner seems to restart every time it completes a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>batch, without any
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>errors or calling any Csutom End Functions.
>>>>>>>I also have MailWatch 0.5.1 installed with the custom
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>MailWatch.pm module in
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>the CustomFunctions directory.
>>>>>>>Here's a snip from the maillog
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Apr 15 13:25:07 bsd MailScanner[27422]: New Batch: Scanning
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>1 messages, 4207
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>bytes
>>>>>>>Apr 15 13:25:20 bsd MailScanner[27422]: Virus and Content
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Scanning: Starting
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Apr 15 13:25:23 bsd MailScanner[27422]: Uninfected:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Delivered 1 messages
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Apr 15 13:25:24 bsd sendmail[27512]: j3FBOQ8S027485:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>to=<xxx at mydomain.nl>,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>delay=00:00:57, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=esmtp24, pri=123217,
>>>>>>>relay=[192.168.0.3] [192.168.0.3], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (OK)
>>>>>>>Apr 15 13:25:24 bsd MailScanner[27513]: MailScanner E-Mail
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Virus Scanner
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>version
>>>>>>>4.40.11 starting...
>>>>>>>Apr 15 13:25:24 bsd MailScanner[27513]: Config: calling
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>custom init function
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>MailWatchLogging
>>>>>>>Apr 15 13:25:26 bsd MailScanner[27513]: Enabling
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>SpamAssassin auto-whitelist
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>functionality...
>>>>>>>Apr 15 13:25:31 bsd MailScanner[27513]: SophosSAVI 3.91
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>(engine 2.28)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>recognizing 102051 viruses
>>>>>>>Apr 15 13:25:31 bsd MailScanner[27513]: SophosSAVI using
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>180 IDE files
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Apr 15 13:25:31 bsd MailScanner[27513]: ClamAV scanner
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>using unrar command
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>/usr/local/bin/unrar
>>>>>>>Apr 15 13:25:31 bsd MailScanner[27513]: Using locktype = flock
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Otherwise MailScanner is working ok, all  ail gets scanned
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>and delivered.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Any ideas what might be causing this?
>>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Adri.
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