messages on hold

Tue Aug 14 10:41:22 IST 2007

Thanks Martin, really appreciate your help here.  The problem was a
misconfigured blacklist in /etc/MailScsnner/spam.lists.conf MailScanner
must have been trying and erroring constantly and not bothering to time
out on the blacklist.  I've corrected this now and all looks to be good.

Simon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Martin.Hepworth
> Sent: 14 August 2007 10:31
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: RE: messages on hold
> 
> Simon
> 
> Stop mailscanner then
> 
> As the postfix user run "MailScanner --debug --debug-sa" and it should
> give you some clues as to what's wrong.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 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 Simon Jones
> > Sent: 14 August 2007 10:17
> > To: MailScanner discussion
> > Subject: RE: messages on hold
> >
> > Hi Martin,
> >
> > I don't think it is working correctly, it is running in some
capacity
> > but I have just done a postsuper -H ALL to flush out the hold queue,
> > stopped mailscanner and manually started postfix which has got stuff
> > delivered.  i made some changes to spam.assassin.prefs.conf so maybe
> > that's causing the issue, I'm commenting stuff out at the mo.
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> [mailto:mailscanner-
> > > bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Martin.Hepworth
> > > Sent: 14 August 2007 10:11
> > > To: MailScanner discussion
> > > Subject: RE: messages on hold
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> > > Is mailscanner processing email? You shouldn't have anything left
> in
> > > the hold queue??
> > >
> > > --
> > > 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 Simon Jones
> > > > Sent: 14 August 2007 09:54
> > > > To: MailScanner discussion
> > > > Subject: RE: messages on hold
> > > >
> > > > OK I have tones of mail from yesterday and today in
> > > > /var/spool/postfix/hold anyone know how I can clear it sharpish?
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> > > [mailto:mailscanner-
> > > > > bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Simon Jones
> > > > > Sent: 14 August 2007 09:45
> > > > > To: MailScanner discussion
> > > > > Subject: RE: messages on hold
> > > > >
> > > > > Ah ok cool, just getting some reports of messages not arriving
> > > > although
> > > > > MailScanner looks OK so far as I can tell at the moment, is
> there
> > a
> > > > log
> > > > > entry for MailScanner putting them in to the normal queue?
Some
> > way
> > > I
> > > > > can see the messages are going out to the destination OK and
> not
> > > > > sitting
> > > > > on the gateway server?
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> > > > [mailto:mailscanner-
> > > > > > bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Martin.Hepworth
> > > > > > Sent: 14 August 2007 09:50
> > > > > > To: MailScanner discussion
> > > > > > Subject: RE: messages on hold
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Simon
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is how MS works with postfix. Postfix puts the incoming
> > > > messages
> > > > > > into a hold queue, MS reads the hold queue then drops them
> into
> > > the
> > > > > > normal queue for delivery.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > 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 Simon Jones
> > > > > > > Sent: 14 August 2007 09:27
> > > > > > > To: MailScanner discussion
> > > > > > > Subject: messages on hold
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hiya, I'm getting a lot of entries in the maillog with
> > messages
> > > on
> > > > > > hold.
> > > > > > > Anyone know why this could be happening?  Or where to
start
> > > > looking
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > see if I do actually have a problem, thanks!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Here's an example;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Aug 14 09:33:45 gate1 postfix/cleanup[3509]: CD5A26DB42A:
> > hold:
> > > > > > header
> > > > > > > Received: from [81.26.189.95] (unknown [81.26.189.95])??by
> > > > > > > gate.domain.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD5A26DB42A??for
> > > > > > > <recipient at domain.co.uk>; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:33:45 +0100
> > (BST)
> > > > > from
> > > > > > > unknown[81.26.189.95]; from=<sender at domain.com> to=<
> > > > > > > recipient at domain.co.uk > proto=ESMTP helo=<[81.26.189.95]
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > SMJ
> > > > > > >
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