Mailscanner 4.54.6 on FreeBSd 6.1 not working

[Lars Kristiansen]

Marc Dufresne skrev:
> Didn;t know I had that option. What I did was downloaded the latest
> install-Clam-SA.tar.gz from
> http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/files/4/install-Clam-SA.tar.gz
> 
> 
> Ran the ./install.sh --perl=<path to perl>
> 
> adjusted path to pyzor and dcc in the mailscanner.cf, then ran 
> /usr/local/sbin/MailScanner --lint

I have never used the install-Clam-SA.tar.gz,
  but does that not install in /opt?
Are you now mixing two different installations?

You may want to get rid of one of them.
If you can. My experience is only with the port. Sorry.

-- 
Lars

> 
> Read 711 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
> Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)...
> Using SpamAssassin results cache
> Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
> SpamAssassin reported no errors.
> 
> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = clamav"
> Found these virus scanners installed: clamavmodule
> 
> Looks good. Now for the moment of truth!!!! We'll let you know what
> happens.
> 
> 
> Marc Dufresne, Corporate IT Officer
> St. Lawrence Parks Commission
> 13740 County Road 2
> Morrisburg, ON  K0C 1X0
> 
> E-mail: Marc.Dufresne at parks.on.ca
> Voice: 613-543-3704  Ext#2455
> Fax: 613-543-2847
> Corporate website: www.parks.on.ca
> 
>>>> lars+lister.mailscanner at adventuras.no 6/10/2006 1:06:36 PM >>>
> Marc Dufresne skrev:
>> This is what I've done today to resolve my issues.
>>
>> p5-Filesys-Statvfs-Df error (FIXED)
>> -Fixed by removing it from the ports tree.
>> -Ran cvsup -g -L 2 portsupdatefile
>> -Went to /usr/ports/devel/p5-Filesys-Statvfs-Df-0.68
>> ran make
>> make install
>>
>> Result: Successful installation
>>
>> Mailscanner-4.54.6 (Reinstalled)
>> -removed from ports tree
>> - Ran cvsup -g -L 2 portsupdatefile
>> - went to /usr/ports/mail/mailscanner
>>   
> 
> Did you run 'make config'  in that directory?
> You may have missed the options to install spamassassin and clamav.
> 
> Lars
>> ran make
>> make install
>>
>> Result: Successful installation
>>
>> Perl5.8.8
>> went to /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8.8
>> ran make 
>> make install
>>
>> Result: 
>> I wanted to make sure perl 5.8.8 was installed corectly since I
>> re-installed p5-Filesys-Statvfs-Df-0.68 and Mailscanenr-4.54.6.
> After
>> running make then make install, It didn't re--install anything. It
>> quickly went back to the command line.
>>
>> Since all of the above was OK, I then ran the script
>> perl-after-upgrade. It fixed 172 packages.
>>
>> NEXT, I RAN:
>>
>> Ran /usr/local/sbin/MailScanner --lint
>>
>> This is the error I am getting:
>>
>> /usr/local/sbin/MailScanner --lint
>> Could not read file /var/run/MailScanner.pid at
>> /usr/local/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Config.pm line 2317
>> Error in line 162, file "/var/run/MailScanner.pid" for pidfile does
> not
>> exist (or can not be read) at
>> /usr/local/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Config.pm line 2487
>> Read 711 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
>> Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)...
>> You want to use SpamAssassin but have not installed it. at
>> /usr/local/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/SA.pm line 131
>> Please download
>>
> http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/files/4/install-Clam-SA.tar.gz
> 
>> and unpack it and run ./install.sh to install it, then restart
>> MailScanner. at /usr/local/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/SA.pm line
> 132
>> I will run without SpamAssassin for now, you will not detect much
> spam
>> until you install SpamAssassin. at
>> /usr/local/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/SA.pm line 133
>>
>> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = clamav"
>> Found these virus scanners installed: clamav
>>
>>
>> Marc Dufresne, Corporate IT Officer
>> St. Lawrence Parks Commission
>> 13740 County Road 2
>> Morrisburg, ON  K0C 1X0
>>
>> E-mail: Marc.Dufresne at parks.on.ca 
>> Voice: 613-543-3704  Ext#2455
>> Fax: 613-543-2847
>> Corporate website: www.parks.on.ca 
>>
>>   
>>>>> Julian Field <MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk> 6/10/2006 10:45:35 AM
>>>>>
>>>>>         
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>>
>> Marc Dufresne wrote:
>>   
>>> Will do. 
>>>
>>> I noticed I was still rnning perl 5.8.7 after upgrading to FreeBSD
>>>     
>> 6.1,
>>   
>>> Sendmail 8.13.6 and mailscanner-4.54.6. What I did was upgrade to
>>> perl5.8.8 hoping that would solve my problem. Still isn't working.
>>>
>>> what command under FreeBSD do you execute to ensure the latest
>>>     
>> version
>>   
>>> of Perl is linked to all services that need it?
>>>   
>>>     
>> Sorry, I'm not BSD expert at all, I can't help you. Sorry about that.
> 
>> Running perl 5.8.7 shouldn't cause any problems, I run much older 
>> versions than that myself and have no problems. It's just a matter of
> 
>> having the relevant versions of the MailScanner-required Perl modules
> 
>> installed.
>>
>> You can see the versions of all the Perl modules installed that 
>> MailScanner requires by running the command
>>     MailScanner --versions
>>
>> See what that says, and if it says anything is missing. Then you
> could
>> just use CPAN or the ports system to upgrade/install the missing
>> modules.
>>
>> Once MailScanner --versions works, try
>>     MailScanner --lint
>> and check that works okay. Once that works, you should be ready to
> go.
>> I hope that lot is some help to you.
>>   
>>>>>> MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk 6/10/2006 10:04:23 AM >>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>           
>>> * PGP Bad Signature, Signed by a unverified key: 06/10/06 at
>>>     
>> 15:04:24
>>   
>>> Also try asking Jan-Peter Koopmann as he is our head BSD wizard
>>>     
>> around
>>   
>>> here. You'll find his address from the mailing list, he's a
> frequent
>>> poster.
>>>
>>> But please try everything you can think of, and everything you
> can't,
>>>     
>>   
>>> before mailing him. He is a very busy man and may well not have
> time
>>>     
>> to
>>   
>>> respond.
>>>
>>> Furthermore, if you get a solution from him, please post it back to
>>>     
>> the
>>   
>>> list so that it gets into the list archive, which is a valuable
>>>     
>> source
>>   
>>> of information and is useless without the solutions to posted
>>> problems.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Jules.
>>>
>>> Res wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>> run  MailScanner --lint
>>>> and see what errors pop up
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Marc Dufresne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>> I have just upgraded to FreeBSD 6.1 and Sendmail 8.13.6.
>>>>>
>>>>> The mailscanner software running on my box is mailscanner
>>>>>         
>> 4.52.2-1.
>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>> I 
>>>   
>>>     
>>>>> have tested this with the above upgrades and it still is working 
>>>>> perfectly.
>>>>>
>>>>> I decided to update my ports tree and then updated mailscanner to
> 
>>>>> version 4.54.6. Everything installed correctly, but I cannot get 
>>>>> mailscanner to run from the command line or on boot.
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>   
>>>
>>>     
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>>> BEGIN:VCARD
>>> VERSION:2.1
>>> X-GWTYPE:USER
>>> FN:Marc Dufresne
>>> TEL;WORK:613-543-3704
>>> ORG:;Information Technology
>>> TEL;PREF;FAX:613-543-2847
>>> EMAIL;WORK;PREF;NGW:Marc.Dufresne at parks.on.ca 
>>> N:Dufresne;Marc
>>> TITLE:Corporate IT Officer
>>> END:VCARD
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>> - -- 
>> Julian Field
>> www.MailScanner.info 
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>> TEL;WORK:613-543-3704
>> ORG:;Information Technology
>> TEL;PREF;FAX:613-543-2847
>> EMAIL;WORK;PREF;NGW:Marc.Dufresne at parks.on.ca 
>> N:Dufresne;Marc
>> TITLE:Corporate IT Officer
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> X-GWTYPE:USER
> FN:Marc Dufresne
> TEL;WORK:613-543-3704
> ORG:;Information Technology
> TEL;PREF;FAX:613-543-2847
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> TITLE:Corporate IT Officer
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