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

[Young, Mike]

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Everyone,

I figured it out.  Starting with "some new version or another" (don't
remember which), postfix runs independently of MailScanner.  However,
postfix is configured so that all inbound mail goes to it's "hold" queue,
where it effectively forgets about it.  MailScanner picks it up from
there, does "its thing", then drops it in the postfix outbound queue,
where postfix happily finds and delivers it.  Works like a charm.  Kinda
nifty, actually.

Thanks for the help.

Cheers,
Mike.

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Steen, Glenn [mailto:Glenn.Steen at AP1.SE]
Sent:   Sunday, April 24, 2005 12:35 PM
To:     MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject:        Re: Installed MailScanner on Solaris 8 - Postfix doesn't
start with M ailScanner

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list
> [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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