Installed MailScanner on Solaris 8 - Postfix doesn't start with M ailScanner

[Steen, Glenn]

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> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Julian Field
> Sent: den 23 april 2005 12:25
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Installed MailScanner on Solaris 8 - Postfix 
> doesn't start with M ailScanner
> 
> 
> Young, Mike wrote:
> 
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I have installed MailScanner on a Solaris 8 system with postfix,
> > SpamAssassin, and Sophos Antivirus.  When I start 
> MailScanner, in the
> > logs I see SpamAssassin started,
> >
> There is no part of SpamAssassin to "start" that is used by 
> MailScanner.
> If you mean you are starting spamd, then don't bother as you are just
> wasting system resources. MailScanner doesn't use spamd, it 
> uses a more
> efficient method.
> 
> > but postfix doesn't start.  There is no process listening 
> on port 25.
> > I can start postfix by itself.  I have made the changes 
> recommended at
> > _http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/install/postfix.shtml_,
> > but it makes no difference (yet).  I know that page is for 
> Linux, but
> > it's the closest I've come to a MailScanner/postfix howto.
> >
> What does you MailScanner init.d script look like?
> 
> > Here are settings from MailScanner.conf:
> >
> > Run As User = postfix
> >
> > Run As Group = postfix
> >
> > Incoming Queue Dir = /var/spool/postfix/hold
> >
> > Outgoing Queue Dir = /var/spool/postfix/incoming
> >
> > Incoming Work Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming
> >
> > Quarantine Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine
> >
> > MTA = postfix
> >
> > Sendmail = /usr/sbin/postfix
> >
> > Sendmail2 = /usr/sbin/postfix
Um, those two should be set to /usr(sbin/sendmail, I believe.
That would be the "convenience sendmail" interface for postfix.

-- Glenn

> >
> > Anyone have experience with this?  Once I get postfix starting with
> > MailScanner, I can move on to the A/V configuration.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike.
> >
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