Question

[Julian Field]

Derek Catanzaro wrote:
> Greg Borders wrote:
>>
>>
>> Logan Shaw wrote:
>>> On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Rob Poe wrote:
>>>> Is there a way to start MailScanner so that it processes any messages
>>>> in it's queue, but does not accept new incoming messages?
>>>
>>> Well, it's a queue that sendmail and MailScanner share (sendmail
>>> is the producer, MailScanner is the consumer), so it's not
>>> really MailScanner that controls whether messages are accepted.
>>>
>>> You could kill the incoming sendmail, but I don't recommend it.
>>
>> Usage: service MailScanner 
>> {start|stop|status|restart|reload|startin|startout|stopms}
>>
>> Couldn't you issue
>>
>> service MailScanner stop
>> service MailScanner startout
>>
>> And thus have MS process any messages in queue, and not accept any 
>> new messages.
>>
>> We must keep in mind, MailScanner is the puppet master, and the MTA, 
>> virus scanners and SA are all puppets!
>>
>> Greg. Borders
>> Sys. Admin.
>> JLC Co.
> Back to the original question.  You can have MailScanner process 
> messages in the queue without accepting new messages.  As Greg Borders 
> mentioned you have to issue the commands above but one was left out 
> (check_MailScanner).  So issue the following:
>
> service MailScanner stop  (note:  I normally issue a "service 
> MailScanner status" after this to make sure MS and sendmail in/out 
> turned off, sometimes I have to do a service MailScanner stop a couple 
> of times to make sure everything is off)
If you wait a few seconds, they will die on their own. They do a whole 
load of clean-up when they are killed, so as not to leave your system in 
a mess. This is why the "restart" service operation waits for 30 seconds 
between stopping and restarting.

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