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

[Derek Catanzaro]

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I haven't added any rules to SA yet, just running with the defaults that
came with SA.

Martin Hepworth wrote:

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