MailScanner not sending mail to /var/spool/mqueue RESOLVED

[lester lasad]

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

> 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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> >>
> >>protection around 
> >>
> >>>http://mail.yahoo.com 
> >>>
> >>
> >>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

No good reason, I need to get it updated.

The problem was with DNS.  I run a local caching name
server but for some reason it was not using the
localhost or caching DNS lookups. I receive roughly
60k messages per day so every little msec counts.  I
restarted the "named" service and everything seems to
be working properly again.

Thanks for all of the suggestions and I'm glad this
turned out to be a problem other than MS.  Thanks again.


	
		
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