not enforcing message size limits

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon Apr 24 17:01:14 IST 2006


Sounds like you have something switched off in any of these:
Scan Messages =
Virus Scanning =
Dangerous Content Checks =

On 24 Apr 2006, at 16:49, Alan Holmes wrote:

> I can not get mailscanner to enforce the message size limits. I  
> originally started out wanting to limit minimum attachment sizes  
> but that was not working, so in the course of troubleshooting I  
> decided to limit maximum message size to 1000 bytes. However I can  
> still send messages of any size.
>
> The log messages seem to suggest that mailscanner is not scanning  
> the messages. I feel like there is some kind of global setting that  
> I am missing.
>
>
> Apr 24 11:37:56 localhost postfix/smtpd[5968]: connect from ppp- 
> X.X.X.X.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net[*.*.*.*]
> Apr 24 11:37:56 localhost postfix/smtpd[5968]: E45B0E795E:  
> client=ppp-X.X.X.X.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net[*.*.*.*]
> Apr 24 11:38:00 localhost postfix/smtpd[5968]: 48AB0E795E:  
> client=ppp-X.X.X.X.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net[*.*.*.*]
> Apr 24 11:38:00 localhost postfix/cleanup[5971]: 48AB0E795E: hold:  
> header Received: from dopey (ppp-X.X.X.X.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net  
> [*.*.*.*])??by mail01.nowhere.nowhere.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id  
> 48AB0E795E??for <test at test.com>; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:38:0 from ppp- 
> X.X.X.X.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net[*.*.*.*]; from=<joebob at joebob.com>  
> to=<test at test.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<dopey>
> Apr 24 11:38:00 localhost postfix/cleanup[5971]: 48AB0E795E:  
> message-id=<20060424163800.48AB0E795E at mail01.nowhere.nowhere.com>
> Apr 24 11:38:00 localhost postfix/smtpd[5968]: disconnect from ppp- 
> X.X.X.X.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net[*.*.*.*]
> Apr 24 11:38:01 localhost MailScanner[5190]: New Batch: Forwarding  
> 1 unscanned messages, 3458 bytes
> Apr 24 11:38:01 localhost MailScanner[5190]: Requeue:  
> 48AB0E795E.C0CEE to D0F6CE7964
> Apr 24 11:38:01 localhost postfix/qmgr[3250]: D0F6CE7964:  
> from=<joebob at joebob.com>, size=3194, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> Apr 24 11:38:01 localhost MailScanner[5190]: Unscanned: Delivered 1  
> messages
> Apr 24 11:38:01 localhost MailScanner[5190]: Virus and Content  
> Scanning: Starting
> Apr 24 11:38:01 localhost postfix/smtp[5978]: D0F6CE7964:  
> to=<test at test.com>, relay=nowhere.nowhere.com[X.X.X.X], delay=1,  
> status=sent (250 ok 1145892934 qp 14826)
> Apr 24 11:38:01 localhost postfix/qmgr[3250]: D0F6CE7964: removed
>
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks
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