mailscanner won't scan

Glenn Steen glenn.steen at gmail.com
Fri Dec 14 17:55:24 GMT 2007


On 14/12/2007, shuttlebox <shuttlebox at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 14, 2007 6:11 PM, Serhan Sevim <serhan at medianova.tv> wrote:
> > Dec 13 19:28:18 server MailScanner[6081]: Using locktype = flock
> >
> > Times 5 for each MailScanner process. I've checked everything working ok,
> > emails are accepted ok, except one thing.. well, It seems like MailScanner
> > doesn't even notice the emails are being received. It doesn't scan it, it
> > doesn't tag it, no virus scans, no nothing.. Emails are slipping thru
> > without even MailScanner knows it. Email server is running on the same
> > server as MailScanner, so it can't be a by-pass problem either.
> > It's currently running on default spamassassin and clamav.
> > Any ideas?
>
> How is your MTA set up? Does it really queue-only incoming mail? Or
> does it deliver mail from the same queue before MailScanner can get to
> them? If the two queues are completely separate I would look into
> locking issues (locktype=flock|posix) next.
>
Guys, shouldn't we ask "What MTA?", first?:-):-) After all... Only
R^HSendmau^Hil have the locking problem.... :-)
So... MTA and version, pretty please?

Cheers
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