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

[Julian Field]

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Take a look at the "Max Normal Queue Size" setting, you might want to
reduce it a bit.

Derek Catanzaro wrote:

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