Problem with New Install

Thu Jun 15 17:48:28 IST 2006

Ian

I'd checkout the 'official' install guide for PF/MS in the wiki if I where
you....

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Martin Hepworth 
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Ian Haskin
> Sent: 15 June 2006 17:36
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: Problem with New Install
> 
> Crap, I was too quick on that reply.  The delivery was working because
> MailScanner wasn't actually scanning the message.. now that it is, it's
> back to it's old tricks.
> 
> I've now tried both batch and queue delivery methods in MailScanner.conf
> and that hasn't made a difference.
> 
> I open a telnet session to the server and compose and queue a message for
> user test.
> 
> /var/log/maillog:
> 
> Jun 15 11:19:56 mail postfix/smtpd[2814]: AEF8D1C48043:
> client=CPE00119538ec34-
> CM0012c90ff4f4.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com[72.60.20.161]
> Jun 15 11:20:08 mail postfix/cleanup[2818]: AEF8D1C48043: message-
> id=<20060615161954.AEF8D1C48043 at mail.traffikedit.com>
> <mailto:20060615161954.AEF8D1C48043 at mail.traffikedit.com>
> Jun 15 11:20:09 mail postfix/qmgr[2725]: AEF8D1C48043:
> from=<ian at topix.com> <mailto:ian at topix.com> , size=416, nrcpt=1 (queue
> active)
> Jun 15 11:20:09 mail postfix/qmgr[2725]: AEF8D1C48043:
> to=<test at traffikedit.com> <mailto:test at traffikedit.com> , orig_to=<test>,
> relay=none, delay=15, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended:
> deferred transport)
> Jun 15 11:20:09 mail MailScanner[2813]: New Batch: Scanning 1 messages,
> 803 bytes
> Jun 15 11:20:11 mail postfix/smtpd[2814]: disconnect from CPE00119538ec34-
> CM0012c90ff4f4.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com[72.60.20.161]
> Jun 15 11:20:20 mail MailScanner[2813]: Virus and Content Scanning:
> Starting
> Jun 15 11:20:20 mail MailScanner[2826]: Unrar command /usr/bin/unrar does
> not exist or is not executable, please either install it or remove the
> setting from MailScanner.conf
> Jun 15 11:20:20 mail MailScanner[2813]: Requeue: AEF8D1C48043.C39BF to
> 6CD701C48049
> Jun 15 11:20:20 mail MailScanner[2813]: Uninfected: Delivered 1 messages
> 
> ls -la /var/spool/postfix/incoming/6 shows:
> 
> -rwx------  1 postfix postfix 1188 Jun 15 11:20 6CD701C48049
> 
> /etc/init.d/MailScanner restart, /var/log/maillog then reads:
> 
> Jun 15 11:28:13 mail postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail
> system
> Jun 15 11:28:13 mail postfix/master[2970]: daemon started -- version
> 2.2.2, configuration /etc/postfix.in
> Jun 15 11:28:13 mail postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail
> system
> Jun 15 11:28:14 mail postfix/master[3018]: daemon started -- version
> 2.2.2, configuration /etc/postfix
> Jun 15 11:28:14 mail postfix/qmgr[3022]: 6CD701C48049:
> from=<ian at topix.com> <mailto:ian at topix.com> , size=801, nrcpt=1 (queue
> active)
> Jun 15 11:28:14 mail postfix/local[3027]: 6CD701C48049:
> to=<test at traffikedit.com> <mailto:test at traffikedit.com> , orig_to=<test>,
> relay=local, delay=500, status=sent (delivered to mailbox)
> Jun 15 11:28:14 mail postfix/qmgr[3022]: 6CD701C48049: removed
> Jun 15 11:28:15 mail MailScanner[3041]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
> version 4.55.3 starting...
> Jun 15 11:28:15 mail MailScanner[3041]: Read 746 hostnames from the
> phishing whitelist
> Jun 15 11:28:15 mail MailScanner[3041]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
> Jun 15 11:28:15 mail MailScanner[3041]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache
> database
> Jun 15 11:28:15 mail MailScanner[3041]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-
> whitelist functionality...
> Jun 15 11:28:17 mail MailScanner[3041]: Using locktype = flock
> Jun 15 11:28:26 mail MailScanner[3044]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
> version 4.55.3 starting...
> Jun 15 11:28:26 mail MailScanner[3044]: Read 746 hostnames from the
> phishing whitelist
> Jun 15 11:28:26 mail MailScanner[3044]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
> Jun 15 11:28:26 mail MailScanner[3044]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache
> database
> Jun 15 11:28:26 mail MailScanner[3044]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-
> whitelist functionality...
> Jun 15 11:28:28 mail MailScanner[3044]: Using locktype = flock
> Jun 15 11:28:37 mail MailScanner[3046]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
> version 4.55.3 starting...
> Jun 15 11:28:37 mail MailScanner[3046]: Read 746 hostnames from the
> phishing whitelist
> Jun 15 11:28:37 mail MailScanner[3046]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
> Jun 15 11:28:37 mail MailScanner[3046]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache
> database
> Jun 15 11:28:37 mail MailScanner[3046]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-
> whitelist functionality...
> Jun 15 11:28:39 mail MailScanner[3046]: Using locktype = flock
> Jun 15 11:28:48 mail MailScanner[3049]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
> version 4.55.3 starting...
> Jun 15 11:28:48 mail MailScanner[3049]: Read 746 hostnames from the
> phishing whitelist
> Jun 15 11:28:48 mail MailScanner[3049]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
> Jun 15 11:28:48 mail MailScanner[3049]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache
> database
> Jun 15 11:28:48 mail MailScanner[3049]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-
> whitelist functionality...
> Jun 15 11:28:50 mail MailScanner[3049]: Using locktype = flock
> Jun 15 11:28:59 mail MailScanner[3051]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
> version 4.55.3 starting...
> Jun 15 11:28:59 mail MailScanner[3051]: Read 746 hostnames from the
> phishing whitelist
> Jun 15 11:28:59 mail MailScanner[3051]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
> Jun 15 11:28:59 mail MailScanner[3051]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache
> database
> Jun 15 11:28:59 mail MailScanner[3051]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-
> whitelist functionality...
> Jun 15 11:29:01 mail MailScanner[3051]: Using locktype = flock
> 
> Why does the message only get delivered when I restart MailScanner?  If I
> don't /etc/init.d/MailScanner restart, the message just sits in
> /var/spool/postfix/incoming
> 
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> 
> Ian Haskin wrote:
> 
> 	Genius!
> 
> 	It was set to batch, and after setting it to queue the message was
> delivered right away.  So, if I had sent _enough_ test messages the batch
> would have delivered them, but because I was only sending a couple at a
> time the delivery wasn't progressing.
> 
> 	Thanks very much!
> 
> 	Ian Haskin
> 
> 	Drew Marshall wrote:
> 
> 		On Wed, June 14, 2006 23:06, Ian Haskin wrote:
> 
> 
> 			I just finished setting up and testing a new install
of
> 			Mailscanner/Postfix/ClamAV/Spamassassin on a Fedora
4
> machine.
> 
> 			The server setup was taken from:
> 
> 	http://www.linuxhelp.ca/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=3&t=3647
> 
> 			I'm running into a problem where mail can be sent to
a
> local recipient,
> 			it's scanned, but it sits in
/var/spool/postfix/incoming
> until I
> 			'/etc/init.d/MailScanner restart' at which time the
> message is actually
> 			delivered to /var/spool/mail/'local_recipient'
> 
> 			I'm at a loss why, I believe, postfix must be
restarted
> in order to
> 			deliver the mail.
> 
> 
> 
> 		Any chance of a log excerpt? What do you have in
> MailScanner.conf
> 		regarding the delivery options, batch or queue? (You will
find
> this
> 		towards the bottom of the file).
> 
> 		Drew
> 
> 
> 

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