MailScanner setup questions

[Douglas Ward]

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I have set up an e-mail gateway server using the following software: MailScanner, Postfix, Mandrake LE2005, ClamAV, SpamAssassin, and BitDefender.  During the setup I have run into a few problems.  After much research I have decided to send out these questions.  I appreciate any advice you could offer.

1) BitDefender will not auto-update.  When I enter the command "bdc --update" I get the following reply:

[root at barnabus etc]# bdc --update
BDC/Linux-Console v7.0 (build 2490) (i386) (Dec 10 2003 16:11:35)
Copyright (C) 1996-2003 SOFTWIN SRL. All rights reserved.

Error: can't find update dll

I noticed that in bdc.ini the UpdateHttpLocation field was pointing to a URL that no longer exists.  I updated it to point to an ftp site where I have been manually downloading the updates.  The default install was in /opt/bdc which is where the bitdefender-wrapper is pointing to.  I can see clamav-wrapper and clamscan appearing in top but do not see bitdefender.

2) Does MailScanner auto update these definition files?  I have set a cron job to run freshclam periodically and have been manually updating BitDefender until question number one is resolved.  Do I need to worry about this?

3) MailScanner has been shutting down at random times overnight.  We can't find errors in any log files on the server.  Is MailScanner supposed to restart itself periodically?  If so, is there a restart command I am missing somewhere?  We have set up a cron job to try to start MailScanner every hour until we get this figured out.

4) I have downloaded the dcc, pyzor, and razor packages from urpmi and see pyzor working in top.  Are there any further steps I have to take to configure/update these packages?  The documentation has proven rather difficult to figure out.

I apologize for dumping so many questions on the list at one time.  I have put a lot of time into this gateway and am having difficulty figuring out these four problems.  Despite all of this e-mail is being delivered properly (unless MailScanner stops) to several linux and one Exchange server behind the gateway.  I also appreciate your patience with these newbie questions.  Thanks for your help!

Douglas Ward
Director of Information Technology
NC Methodist Conference
1307 Glenwood Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27605
Work: (919) 832-9560 ext. 227
Fax: (919) 834-7989

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