MailScanner not sending mail to /var/spool/mqueue

[Scott Silva]

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lester lasad spake the following on 9/8/2005 4:06 PM:
> --- Scott Silva <ssilva at SGVWATER.COM> wrote:
> 
> 
>>lester lasad spake the following on 9/8/2005 1:16
>>PM:
>>
>>>--- 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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>>
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>>
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>>>
>>
>>Maybe change it back just to see.
>>Or maybe it is stumbling in a virus scanner.
>>Do you have any installed? and what versions.
>>I seem to remember a bump in one a while back, but
>>can't for the life of
>>me remember which one.
> 
> 
> I'm using ClamAV (version 0.73) as my virus scanner. 
> I still have it set to allow password protected zip
> files.  As I mentioned in my first email I said it
> would probably start working on it's own.  It is
> sending mail to mqueue now but it is slow.  It will
> put about 100 or so in there route them but then I
> have no activity in mqueue again for at least 10 - 20
> minutes (haven't timed it accurately yet but will). 
> Thanks for any info or recommendations you can provide.
Any reason you are using such an old version?
It is now at 0.86.2


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