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

[Martin Hepworth]

Derek

depends on what checks you have running, esp any big SA rules...

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Derek Catanzaro wrote:
> 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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