MailScanner not sending mail to /var/spool/mqueue

[lester lasad]

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--- Scott Silva <ssilva at SGVWATER.COM> wrote:

> lester lasad spake the following on 9/8/2005 12:05
> PM:
> > --- Scott Silva <ssilva at SGVWATER.COM> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>lester lasad spake the following on 9/8/2005 10:43
> >>AM:
> >>
> >>>MailScanner version 4.41.3
> >>>Fedora Core 2
> >>>spamassassin 3.0.3
> >>>
> >>>I have had this problem several times in the
> past.
> >>
> >>>Mail is being accepted by my MS server but it is
> >>
> >>not
> >>
> >>>transferring email from /var/spool/mqueue.in to
> >>>/var/spool/mqueue.  This causes a major backup on
> >>
> >>my
> >>
> >>>mail system.  
> >>
> >>Which MTA? Sendmail? Postfix? Exim? ...?
> >>If you just move the oldest file in mqueue.in will
> >>it start up?
> >>Any clues in the log?
> > 
> > 
> > sendmail is my MTA, version 8.12.10 (ouch, i know
> > needs to be upgraded).  The log really isn't
> telling
> > me much.  some old stuff in there, spamassassin
> > timeout every now and then but that's about it. 
> looks
> > OK.
> > 
> > I moved the oldest files to mqueue but still no
> luck.
> > Now I can't even move everything from mqueue.in to
> > mqueue becuase there is too much data in
> mqueue.in. 
> 
> Kind of a stupid question, but can you trace it to
> an upgrade, or did it
> just break untouched?

I did make one change to the MailScanner.conf.  I
didn't mention it earlier (but should have) because I
have had the same problem in the past with making any
changes at all.  I changed it to allow password
protected archives (for our HR department).  so I
changed the following from no to yes:

# Should archives which contain any password-protected
files be allowed?
# Leaving this set to "no" is a good way of protecting
against all the
# protected zip files used by viruses at the moment.
# This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
Allow Password-Protected Archives = yes

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