Strange problem on new install

[Sarah Michaelson]

On 01/12/2007, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
> on 12/1/2007 7:44 AM Sarah Michaelson spake the following:
> > We're getting the following error on a new installation where
> > MailScanner refused to start:
> >
> > root at server1 [~]# /usr/mailscanner/bin/MailScanner --debug
> > Variable "$FIELD_NAME" is not imported at
> > /usr/mailscanner/lib/MailScanner/Message.pm line 6907.
> > Variable "$FIELD_NAME" is not imported at
> > /usr/mailscanner/lib/MailScanner/Message.pm line 6910.
> > Global symbol "$FIELD_NAME" requires explicit package name at
> > /usr/mailscanner/lib/MailScanner/Message.pm line 6907.
> > Global symbol "$FIELD_NAME" requires explicit package name at
> > /usr/mailscanner/lib/MailScanner/Message.pm line 6910.
> > Compilation failed in require at /usr/mailscanner/bin/MailScanner line 79.
> > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/mailscanner/bin/MailScanner line 79.
> >
> > The server is running  CentOS 4.5, exim 4.68, perl 5.8.8, MailScanner 4.65.3-1
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> That install directory looks strange. Did you perhaps install with the source
> package when the redhat rpm version might have been a better fit?

That is where we always install it and have had no problems before. We
use our own install package for cPanel/exim servers. Nothing has
recently changed in that package and we've installed MailScanner on
other servers today and in the last few days with  no problems.

-- 
Regards,
Sarah Michaelson

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