MailScanner setup questions

[Martin Hepworth]

Kostas

If it stops after 4 hours and doesn't restart make sure there are only 
email spool files in the 'Incoming Directory' as defined in 
MailScanner.conf.

If there are things like .razor etc etc make sure the program creating 
these files/dirs are told to use working dirs etc elsewhere.

--
Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


Lekas, Kosta wrote:
> I am having the same problem, MailScanner stops responding with no
> indication in the logs as to why this is happening. I am also using
> postfix/clamav/spamassassin.   
> 
> Kosta Lekas
> Fox River Financial Resources
> 630.482.7142 - office
> 630.885.9355 - mobile
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Martin Hepworth
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:52 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: MailScanner setup questions
> 
> Douglas
> 
> see inline
> --
> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
> 
> 
> Douglas Ward wrote:
> 
>>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?
> 
> 
> yes - run /opt/MailScanner/bin/update_virus_scanners (or whereever this 
> is on your system) and it will do all the scanners you have defined in 
> MailScanner.conf
> 
> 
>>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.
> 
> 
> yes - stops memory leaks. should restart a new one in its place. If not 
> as again.
> 
> 
>>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.
> 
> 
> with pyzor/razor you have run a little update script about once per day.
> 
> The pyzor one is "/usr/local/bin/pyzor discover". I guess the razor one 
> is similar see the man entry.
> 
> 
>>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!
> 
> S'alright, we all have to start somewhere.
> 
> 
>>Douglas Ward
>>Director of Information Technology
>>NC Methodist Conference
>>1307 Glenwood Ave.
> 
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