MailScanner users using latest Postfix

[Martin Hepworth]

Jason Williams wrote:
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Glenn
> Steen
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:26 AM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: MailScanner users using latest Postfix
> 
> On 08/11/06, Jason Williams <jwilliams at courtesymortgage.com> wrote:
>>
>>  > Don't think so from the top of my head. There are a few extras that
> 
>> you can play with in your own time (Like milter support in PF) but
> providing you
>> have set your queue depths correctly You   will  > know if you
> haven't, it
>> won't work!) both sides of MailScanner nothing much else has changed
> really.
>>
>> Drew
>> --------
>>
>> Thanks. I appreciate.
>> Well, it is accepting and delivering mail, so that is a good thing.
>>
>> Looks like I need to go through a just comb through the config file 
>> again and set all my settings as needed.
>> I was not planning on this today, so I apologize for sounding and 
>> being very rushed.
>> If I can ask a quick question. Is this correct, for settings in 
>> MailScanner.conf?
>>
>> Should:
>> Incoming Work Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming
>>
>>
>> Thar right?
>>
>>
>> Jason, from am earlier mail by you, I couldn't help noticing that you
> had set the Incoming Work Dir to the postfiox hold queue directory...
>> This is, simply put, wrong.
>>
>> Set it to something like /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming ... This is
> the directory where the MailScanner children "plays" all by their
> lonesome selves... >There will be a subdirectory/process ID (with the
> PID as name). These subdirectories could potentially confuise the hell
> out of things, if placed in an >>active postfix queue. As it is now,
> when set to the hold queue, the only postfix commands that are affected
> are postqueue -p (mailq for short:-) and >>postsuper, and probably
> rather mildly.
>> Simply stop MailScanner, adjust MailScanner.conf and fire it up again.
>>
>> So the quick answer is "yes":-).
>>
> 
> 
> Thanks for the help. I can't thank you enough.
> 
> Just so I am sure and have everything correct, let me put down what I
> have here (still brewing my morning cup of java so bare with me :) ).
> 
> 
> Incoming Queue Dir = /var/spool/postfix/hold
> Outgoing Queue Dir = /var/spool/postfix/incoming
> Incoming Work Dir = /var/spool/postfix/hold
> Quarantine Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine
> 
> 
> Now, I should change Incoming Work Dir to:?
> 
> Incoming Work Dir = /var/spool/postfix/incoming
> 
> 
> Still get those funny messages in maillog:
> 
> Nov  8 10:46:37 gammaflux2 postfix/showq[9478]: warning: incoming/9317:
> uid 125: not a regular file
> Nov  8 10:46:37 gammaflux2 postfix/showq[9478]: warning: incoming/9352:
> uid 125: not a regular file
> Nov  8 10:46:37 gammaflux2 postfix/showq[9478]: warning: incoming/9392:
> uid 125: not a regular file
> Nov  8 10:46:37 gammaflux2 postfix/showq[9478]: warning: incoming/9439:
> uid 125: not a regular file
> Nov  8 10:46:37 gammaflux2 postfix/showq[9478]: warning: incoming/9473:
> uid 125: not a regular file
> 
> 
> Doing a quick look at the directory (incoming)
> 
> gammaflux2# ls -la /var/spool/postfix/incoming/
> total 14
> drwx------   7 postfix  wheel  512 Nov  8 10:47 .
> drwxr-xr-x  16 root     wheel  512 Nov  7 16:10 ..
> drwx------   2 postfix  wheel  512 Nov  8 10:44 9317
> drwx------   2 postfix  wheel  512 Nov  8 10:47 9352
> drwx------   2 postfix  wheel  512 Nov  8 10:44 9392
> drwx------   2 postfix  wheel  512 Nov  8 10:44 9439
> drwx------   2 postfix  wheel  512 Nov  8 10:46 9473
> 
> 
> Are those directories needed?
> 
> 
> Thanks again everyone. Really appreciate your help and patience.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -Jason
> 

Jason

create a new dir for the work stuff - this can be a tmpfs on linux and 
is normally recommended that way



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

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