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

[Derek Catanzaro]

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Well, it seems to have caught back up.  Initially it seemed like it was
processing very slowly but it looks OK now.  If I didn't have a seconday
MX server I would be in much worse shape.  I am looking into running a
local caching name server which I hope will speed things up for my
environment (fingers crossed).  Thanks for your suggestions.

Derek

Derek Catanzaro wrote:

> 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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>> Solid State Logic
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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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