Fwd: Problems on Solaris x86

Drew Marshall drew at themarshalls.co.uk
Fri Aug 11 17:21:46 IST 2006


On Fri, August 11, 2006 15:38, Pascal Maes wrote:
> Now, when I start MailScanner I have the following lines in the
> logfile :
>
> Aug 11 16:26:38 localhost MailScanner[6498]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner version 4.55.10 starting...
> Aug 11 16:26:38 localhost MailScanner[6498]: Using SpamAssassin
> results cache
> Aug 11 16:26:38 localhost MailScanner[6498]: Connected to
> SpamAssassin cache database
> Aug 11 16:26:38 localhost MailScanner[6498]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner version 4.55.10 starting...
> Aug 11 16:26:38 localhost MailScanner[6498]: Using SpamAssassin
> results cache
> Aug 11 16:26:38 localhost MailScanner[6498]: Connected to
> SpamAssassin cache database
>
> but each mail remains in /var/spool/postfix/hold/
>
> In debugging mode, I get :
>
> # /opt/MailScanner/bin/check_mailscanner
> Starting MailScanner...
> In Debugging mode, not forking...
> Aug 11 16:34:40 localhost MailScanner[6532]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner version 4.55.10 starting...
> Aug 11 16:34:41 localhost MailScanner[6532]: Using SpamAssassin
> results cache
> Aug 11 16:34:41 localhost MailScanner[6532]: Connected to
> SpamAssassin cache database
> Aug 11 16:34:40 localhost MailScanner[6532]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner version 4.55.10 starting...
> Aug 11 16:34:41 localhost MailScanner[6532]: Using SpamAssassin
> results cache
> Aug 11 16:34:41 localhost MailScanner[6532]: Connected to
> SpamAssassin cache database
> Aug 11 16:34:43 localhost MailScanner[6532]: Using locktype = flock
> Aug 11 16:34:43 localhost MailScanner[6532]: New Batch: Scanning 1
> messages, 1232 bytes
> Aug 11 16:34:43 localhost MailScanner[6532]: Spam Checks: Starting

And no mention of delivery (Or completion of scanning)? At this log point
the batch is only being scanned for spam and not viruses. Can you turn on
SpamAssassin debugging in MailScanner.conf and re-run the debug, it may
yield something such as a permissions error in one of the SA processes.

Drew


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