hold folder not getting processed

[Guy Story]

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I tried the hash suggestion in the wiki and that did not fix the
problem.  I am using Ubuntu and would have thought that this would not
have been an issue.  I found a Debian package that is 4.55.  I want to
copy of the VM I have my mail server running in first then install the
Debian package.  If that breaks anything, I can just copy over the
backup vm and press it back into service while I look for the answer.
Monday is when I will try to take this on.  I do not want to fall in a
trap with dependencies by using the source package.  I can use a copy of
the VM to test that out and see what happens from there as well.

I did triple check permissions today and I have a 770 for postfix user
and group on the hold and incoming folders.  That was a wild guess and
it failed.  I tried to use debug mode by starting MailScanner with
- --debug but that generated a compile error and refused to start.

Check_mailscanner does show active processes when I start MailScanner
from init.d.  It is like MailScanner has lost the path is should use,
and I have checked that in MailScanner.conf or there is a permissions
issue.  When MailScanner is running, the hold queue folder never clears
the folder and move clean mail to incoming.

I have checked to make sure MailScanner.conf does not have more than
once copy present on the system.  MailScanner.conf has 744 on it with
root as the owner.

My guess is one of 3 things, either the hold folder contents is not in a
valid format, MailScanner is ignoring the line that says where hold is
or the portion of MailScanner that does the scanning is not functioning
anymore.  The last one seems unlikely.

Hugo, I see your point.  For my sanity, I want to use the Debian
package.  Since this is an Ubuntu box, there should not be an issue and
any dependencies should be resolved.

Guy

>> Guy Story KC5GOI wrote:
>>> I need some advice. I did an upgrade to 2.4.5 of postfix thursday, I am
>>> using 4.46.2 of mailscanner. I have the header_checks pointing to the
>>> header_check file for the HOLD. The mail goes to the hold  queue but
>>> stays there. The logfile says mailscanner is working but you never see
>>> it scan and the mail stays in the hold queue.
>> You went for the latest postfix but are running an older MailScanner. I
>> guess you feel the obvious answer coming right around the corner.
>>
>> .....
>>
>> Upgrade MailScanner to a version that suports this version of postfix. I
>> think that you will find that the latest version (4.65 at the moment)
>> will work nicely.
> 
> And also have a read of the wiki here
> http://wiki.mailscanner.info/doku.php?id=documentation:configuration:mta:postfix:installation
> with particular attention to queue hash depths.
> 
> Drew
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