Loosing mail after upgrading from 4.35 to 4.37.7

[Paal Hagerup]

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YES, it works!

I worked with .conf i 4.35, is this a recent change?

I have tested with other filenames and files that does not exist. MailScanner
never complain and the mail just dissappear.

Thanks for the help!

Paal H.

Quoting Julian Field <MailScanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>:

> What happens if you call the rules files a name that ends in .rule or
> .rules ?
>
> It's also normally written as
> Non Spam Actions =
>
> Paal Hagerup wrote:
>
> >Sorry, what I mean is <files>, setting the parameters to an external file.
> Ex.
> >/etc/MailScanner/rules/nonspam.action.conf and
> >/etc/MailScanner/rules/spam.action.conf. Just tried to save som space :)
> >
> >Paal H.
> >
> >Quoting Julian Field <MailScanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>:
> >
> >
> >
> >>"files" is not a valid spam action.
> >>
> >>Paal Hagerup wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi!
> >>>
> >>>After upgrading to 4.36.7 today we suddenly stopped receiving mail.
> >>>
> >>>Mail gets accepted by sendmail, MailScanner does spam checking and the
> >>>virusscan starts. Everything looks ok in the log but the mail just
> >>>dissappears.
> >>>
> >>>Turning off virusscanning results inn mail being delivered again.
> >>>
> >>>Inn MailScanner.conf we use the following settings:
> >>>Spam Actions = /etc/MailScanner/rules/spam.actions.conf
> >>>Non Spam Actions = /etc/MailScanner/rules/nonspam.actions.conf
> >>>
> >>>After turning virusscanning on and setting these to store deliver and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>deliver
> >>
> >>
> >>>everything works.
> >>>
> >>>In short:
> >>>Virus Scanning = yes
> >>>and
> >>>(Non) Spam Actions = files
> >>>results in no mail
> >>>
> >>>Virus Scanning = yes
> >>>and
> >>>(Non) Spam Actions = store deliver
> >>>results in mail
> >>>
> >>>Virus Scanning = no
> >>>and
> >>>(Non) Spam Actions = store deliver or files
> >>>results in mail
> >>>
> >>>Im not good at explaining but I hope some of you understand.
> >>>
> >>>Have I missed someting or is this a bug?
> >>>
> >>>Mailscanner is running on RH3.
> >>>
> >>>Paal H.
> >>>
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