Outgoing Queue Dir Ruleset

[Julian Field]

Jim Hermann wrote:
> It's possible.  Does MailScanner automatically add the
> -OQueueDirectory="Outgoing Queue Dir" argument for Sendmail2?  It looks like
> it does.  I was not expecting it.
>   
Of course it does. Otherwise it wouldn't be able to tell sendmail to 
deliver the message if it wasn't placed in the default queue. You 
weren't expecting a bug now were you? :-)
> I had:
>
> Sendmail2 = /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-MailScanner
> -OProcessTitlePrefix=sm-MailScanner -ODeliveryMode=background
> -OQueueDirectory=/home/virtual/FILESYSTEMTEMPLATE/services/sendmail/mqueue.s
> canned -C /etc/mail/sm-MailScanner.cf
>
> So I changed it to:
>
> Sendmail2 = /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-mailscanner
> -OProcessTitlePrefix=sm-mailscanner -ODeliveryMode=background -C
> /etc/mail/sm-MailScanner.cf  
>
> Jim
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Julian Field [mailto:MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk] 
>> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 03:54 PM
>> To: MailScanner discussion
>> Subject: Re: Outgoing Queue Dir Ruleset
>>
>> I have just tested this code, and it works just fine.
>> Are you sure it hadn't put the files in the outgoing queue 
>> directories 
>> and then delivered them before you had time to look in the 
>> directories?
>>
>> Julian Field wrote:
>>     
>>> Start by testing them with MailScanner's command-line options.
>>> Do a "MailScanner --help" to start with.
>>> Is your "Run As User" set to blank (or root)?
>>> The last time I tested this functionality it worked just 
>>>       
>> fine, and I 
>>     
>>> think other people use it.
>>> If you really can't get it to work with test messages, then mail me 
>>> back and I'll test it here for you.
>>>
>>> Make sure your editor hasn't line wrapped the .rules file, 
>>>       
>> the version 
>>     
>>> you posted to the list has been wrapped.
>>>
>>> Jim Hermann wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I have trying to create a ruleset for Outgoing Queue Dir 
>>>>         
>> and it does not
>>     
>>>> appear to work.
>>>>
>>>> In MailScanner.conf, I changed to:
>>>>
>>>> Outgoing Queue Dir = /etc/MailScanner/rules/outgoing.rules
>>>>
>>>> My /etc/MailScanner/rules/outgoing.rules is:
>>>>
>>>> #   Set "Outgoing Queue Dir = 
>>>>         
>> /etc/MailScanner/rules/outgoing.rules".
>>     
>>>> To: *@aol.com
>>>> /home/virtual/FILESYSTEMTEMPLATE/services/sendmail/mqueue.aol
>>>> To: *@comcast.net
>>>> /home/virtual/FILESYSTEMTEMPLATE/services/sendmail/mqueue.comcast
>>>>
>>>> FromOrTo: default
>>>> /home/virtual/FILESYSTEMTEMPLATE/services/sendmail/mqueue.scanned
>>>>
>>>> I created the new directories in
>>>> /home/virtual/FILESYSTEMTEMPLATE/services/sendmail/:
>>>>
>>>> drwxr-xr-x  6 root root 4.0K Aug 26 14:02 .
>>>> drwxr-xr-x  4 root root 4.0K Sep 15  2006 ..
>>>> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  64K Aug 26 15:14 mqueue
>>>> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K Aug 26 14:01 mqueue.aol
>>>> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K Aug 26 14:01 mqueue.comcast
>>>> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  32K Aug 26 15:12 mqueue.scanned
>>>>
>>>> I restarted MailScanner and all email stopped moving from the 
>>>> Incoming Queue
>>>> Dir to anywhere.
>>>>
>>>> What did I do wrong?
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>> Jules
>>>
>>>       
>> Jules
>>
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>
>   

Jules

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