spam checks in /var/spool/mqueue.in without having MS service running???

[Derek Catanzaro]

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Julian Field wrote:

> service MailScanner stop
> (That will stop MailScanner and both the incoming and outgoing sendmails)
> service MailScanner startout
> (That will start the outgoing sendmail only)
> check_MailScanner
> (That will start MailScanner on its own)
>
> Then it will munch its way through the mqueue.in and deliver it all,
> once filtered. Once the mqueue.in is empty and everything in mqueue has
> been delivered, you can
> service MailScanner stop
> to shut it all down.
>
> Don't forget to
> chkconfig MailScanner off
> to ensure it won't start back up when the system is rebooted.
>
Thanks Julian, this is working but I do have one question... Is there
anyway to speed up the MailScanner process when it processes the mail in
/var/log/mqueue.in?  Right now I've got a little over 1500 emails in
/var/log/mqueue.in and MailScanner is processing the email but it is
taking too long to get thru all of them.  I've got a little over an hour
back up of email right now.  Please let me know if there is anything I
can do to speed up the process.


> Derek Catanzaro wrote:
>
>>
>> FC2
>> mailscanner-4.40.11-1
>> spamassassin-3.0.2-1
>>
>> Is it possible to have the emails in /var/spool/mqueue.in processed by
>> MS without having the actual MS service running?
>>
>> I have quite a few emails in /var/spool/mqueue.in (I believe it's due to
>> DNS issues) and I do not want any more email delivered to the server,
>> however, I would like to have the current emails in /var/spool/mqueue.in
>> processed by MS so it will run the SPAM checks and move them to
>> /var/spool/mqueue and then I will force sendmail to route the emails.  I
>> get a ton of SPAM and if I just "mv /var/spool/mqueue.in *
>> /var/spool/mqueue" because it was never processed by MS and my users
>> will get a ton of SPAM and I am trying to prevent that.
>>
>> Thanks for your assistance.
>>
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