My Problem with a New MailScanner Installation

[Julian Field]

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Correct.

Roger Jochem wrote:

>I guess for Sendmail 8.13 the lock tipe should not be "flock", I'm I
>correct? I think it should be "posix"...
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Stephen Swaney" <steve.swaney at FSL.COM>
>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:47 PM
>Subject: Re: My Problem with a New MailScanner Installation
>
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
>>>Behalf Of Timothy Barhorst
>>>Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:40 AM
>>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>Subject: My Problem with a New MailScanner Installation
>>>
>>>I've installed the latest Mailscanner (4.20-3 ), Sendmail (8.13.3)  and
>>>SpamAssassin (3.0.2)  on a new Fedora system ( kernel 2.6.9-1.667smp)
>>>
>>>I'm also using clamav-0.83.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I've noticed two problems.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>First one is that when I use Spam Checks = yes,  then no mail gets
>>>delivered - it just repeats the following over and over in the log.
>>>
>>>If I set Spam Checks = no, then mail gets delivered - including spam.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Feb 24 11:16:38 bilbo MailScanner[7679]: Using locktype = flock
>>>
>>>Feb 24 11:16:38 bilbo MailScanner[7679]: New Batch: Scanning 9 messages,
>>>87563 bytes
>>>
>>>Feb 24 11:16:47 bilbo MailScanner[7681]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>>>
>>>
>Scanner
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>
>>>version 4.20-3 starting...
>>>
>>>Feb 24 11:16:48 bilbo MailScanner[7681]: Using locktype = flock
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The other problem is that my clamav doesn;'t seem to update properly. I
>>>get the following in the logs.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Feb 23 23:01:01 bilbo update.virus.scanners: Found clamav installed
>>>
>>>Feb 23 23:01:01 bilbo update.virus.scanners: Updating clamav
>>>
>>>Feb 23 23:01:01 bilbo ClamAV-autoupdate[3684]: ClamAV updater failed
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I've installed several MailScanner installations before but these have
>>>
>>>
>me
>
>
>>>stumped. All suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Tim B.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Look for two files, clamd.conf and freshclam.conf. On a linux system the
>>
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>are
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>>located in /usr/local/etc.
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>>Edit these files to add a # (comment out) in front of the word Example.
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>Then
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>>test by running freshclam.
>>
>>Steve
>>
>>Steve Swaney
>>President
>>Fortress Systems Ltd.
>>Phone: 202 338-1670
>>Cell: 202 352-3262
>>www.fsl.com
>>steve.swaney at fsl.com
>>
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