Is MCP "deliver" option working at all?

[Quentin Campbell]

Still want confirmation that the MCP "deliver" option working for
anyone.

However found a description of the function of the "MCP Error" value but
it raises as many questions as it answers:

'The "MCP Error Score" setting is there so that you can choose what
happens if the MCP system fails for some unknown reason. Set it to 0 and
failure will cause mail to be delivered as normal, but a high score
would make it get stopped (assuming you set "High Scoring MCP Actions"
appropriately.' 

Why, then, is the default value '1' rather than '0'?

I have:

MCP Required SpamAssassin Score = 1
MCP High SpamAssassin Score = 10
MCP Error Score = 1

and wonder if the 'MCP Error Score = 1' is interacting adversly with
'MCP Required SpamAssassin Score = 1.
 
Quentin
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
>[mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf 
>Of Quentin Campbell
>Sent: 06 September 2006 08:11
>To: MailScanner discussion
>Subject: Is MCP "deliver" option working at all?
>
>Is anybody using the MCP "deliver" option with MS 4.55.* and can verify
>that it is working? 
>
>It is it working what do your MCP options values look like?
>
>What does the "MCP Error" option value in MailScanner.conf do? How does
>it interact with the other MCP options?
>
>I am running MailScanner 4.55.7-1 & SpamAssassin 3.1.3 with Sendmail
>(8.13) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4. The relevant settings
>in MailScanner.conf are:
>
>MCP Checks = yes
>
># Do the spam checks first, or the MCP checks first?
># This cannot be the filename of a ruleset, only a fixed value.
>First Check = mcp
>
># The rest of these options are clones of the equivalent spam options
>MCP Required SpamAssassin Score = 1
>MCP High SpamAssassin Score = 10
>MCP Error Score = 1
>
>MCP Header = X-%org-name%-MailScanner-MCPCheck:
>Non MCP Actions = deliver
>MCP Actions = deliver
>High Scoring MCP Actions = delete
>Bounce MCP As Attachment = no
>
>MCP Modify Subject = no
>MCP Subject Text = {MCP?}
>High Scoring MCP Modify Subject = yes
>High Scoring MCP Subject Text = {MCP?!}
>
>Is Definitely MCP = no
>Is Definitely Not MCP = no
>Definite MCP Is High Scoring = no
>Always Include MCP Report = yes
>Detailed MCP Report = yes
>Include Scores In MCP Report = yes
>Log MCP = yes
>
>MCP Max SpamAssassin Timeouts = 20
>MCP Max SpamAssassin Size = 100k
>MCP SpamAssassin Timeout = 75
>
>MCP SpamAssassin Prefs File = %mcp-dir%/mcp.spam.assassin.prefs.conf
>MCP SpamAssassin User State Dir =
>MCP SpamAssassin Local Rules Dir = %mcp-dir%
>MCP SpamAssassin Default Rules Dir = %mcp-dir%
>MCP SpamAssassin Install Prefix = %mcp-dir%
>Recipient MCP Report = %report-dir%/recipient.mcp.report.txt
>Sender MCP Report = %report-dir%/sender.mcp.report.txt
>
>The syslog records for a typical message scored by MCP for delivery:
>
>...
>Sep  5 06:15:16 cheviot4 sendmail[7250]: k855FG8A007250:
>from=<nxxx at cpx.ncl.ac.uk>, size=1086, class=0, nrcpts=1,
>msgid=<EBAC7D3C7B22BE458D41F7BDEC5DBFD21FFA85 at SANMAIL01.campus.
>ncl.ac.uk
>>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=stromberg.ncl.ac.uk [10.8.234.172]
>Sep  5 06:15:16 cheviot4 sendmail[7250]: k855FG8A007250:
>milter=milter-link, action=header, continue
>Sep  5 06:15:16 cheviot4 sendmail[7250]: k855FG8A007250:
>milter=milter-link, action=eoh, continue
>Sep  5 06:15:16 cheviot4 sendmail[7250]: k855FG8A007250:
>milter=milter-link, action=body, continue
>Sep  5 06:15:16 cheviot4 sendmail[7250]: k855FG8A007250: Milter add:
>header: Received-SPF: pass (cheviot4.ncl.ac.uk: 10.8.234.172 is
>authenticated by a trusted mechanism)
>Sep  5 06:15:16 cheviot4 sendmail[7250]: k855FG8A007250: Milter accept:
>message
>Sep  5 06:15:16 cheviot4 sendmail[7250]: k855FG8A007250:
>to=<inquiry at learningemall.com>, delay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, 
>pri=31086,
>stat=queued
>Sep  5 06:15:19 cheviot4 MailScanner[12258]: Message 
>k855FG8A007250 from
>10.8.234.172 (nxxx at cpx.ncl.ac.uk) to learningemall.com is MCP,
>MCP-Checker (score=1, required 1, MCP_OOO_2 1.00) 
>Sep  5 06:15:19 cheviot4 MailScanner[12258]: MCP Actions: message
>k855FG8A007250 actions are deliver 
>Sep  5 06:15:21 cheviot4 sendmail[7309]: k855FG8A007250: done;
>delay=00:00:05, ntries=1
>
>Note _no_ Sendmail "stat=Sent" record. It is as if MailScanner simply
>dropped the queue files for the message and did not put them in
>/var/spool/mqueue.
>
>Quentin
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