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

Wed May 11 18:19:59 IST 2005

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I changed the "Max Normal Queue Size" setting from 800 to 400.  I have
not had a backup of email yet (so far so good).

I will monitor the queues over the next couple of days to make sure mail
is routing in a timely manner.  Thanks for your suggestion, I appreciate it.

Julian Field wrote:

> 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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