Still can't send or recevie email

[Steve Campbell]

Glenn Steen wrote:
> On 17/07/07, Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Wilson Kwok wrote:
>> > hello,
>> > I was posted here, I followed someone told me disabled the Cache
>> > SpamAssassin Results = no, and I also uninstalled the MailScanner...
>> > but the answer is same.... when I type mailq, I can see the test email
>> > from my yahoo account....
>> > here is the maillog:
>> > Jul 17 20:11:17 abc postfix/smtpd[9265]: connect from
>> > web54401.mail.yahoo.com[206.190.49.131]
>> > Jul 17 20:11:18 abc MailScanner[9266]: Enabling SpamAssassin
>> > auto-whitelist functionality...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:18 abc postfix/smtpd[9265]: C52F5700AA:
>> > client=web54401.mail.yahoo.com[206.190.49.131]
>> > Jul 17 20:11:19 abc MailScanner[9266]: Using locktype = flock
>> > Jul 17 20:11:19 abc MailScanner[9266]: New Batch: Scanning 2 messages,
>> > 6646 bytes
>> > Jul 17 20:11:19 abc postfix/cleanup[9267]: C52F5700AA: hold: header
>> > Received: from web54401.mail.yahoo.com (web54401.mail.yahoo.com
>> > [206.190.49.131])??by abc (Postfix) with SMTP id C52F5700AA??for
>> > <mail at wilson-kwok.com <mailto:mail at wilson-kwok.com>>; Tue, 17 Jul 2007
>> > 20:11:18 +0800 (HKT) from web54401.mail.yahoo.com[206.190.49.131];
>> > from=<leiw324 at yahoo.com.hk <mailto:leiw324 at yahoo.com.hk>>
>> > to=<mail at wilson-kwok.com <mailto:mail at wilson-kwok.com>> proto=SMTP
>> > helo=<web54401.mail.yahoo.com>
>> > Jul 17 20:11:19 abc postfix/cleanup[9267]: C52F5700AA: hold: header
>> > Received: (qmail 73875 invoked by uid 60001); 17 Jul 2007 12:04:12
>> > -0000 from web54401.mail.yahoo.com[206.190.49.131];
>> > from=<leiw324 at yahoo.com.hk <mailto:leiw324 at yahoo.com.hk>>
>> > to=<mail at wilson-kwok.com <mailto:mail at wilson-kwok.com>> proto=SMTP
>> > helo=<web54401.mail.yahoo.com>
>> > Jul 17 20:11:19 abc postfix/cleanup[9267]: C52F5700AA: hold: header
>> > Received: from [58.177.105.214] by web54401.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP;
>> > Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:04:12 CST from
>> > web54401.mail.yahoo.com[206.190.49.131]; from=<leiw324 at yahoo.com.hk
>> > <mailto:leiw324 at yahoo.com.hk>> to=<mail at wilson-kwok.com
>> > <mailto:mail at wilson-kwok.com>> proto=SMTP 
>> helo=<web54401.mail.yahoo.com>
>> > Jul 17 20:11:19 abc postfix/cleanup[9267]: C52F5700AA:
>> > message-id=<77161.69046.qm at web54401.mail.yahoo.com
>> > <mailto:77161.69046.qm at web54401.mail.yahoo.com>>
>> > Jul 17 20:11:19 abc postfix/smtpd[9265]: disconnect from
>> > web54401.mail.yahoo.com[206.190.49.131]
>> > Jul 17 20:11:22 abc MailScanner[9272]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>> > Scanner version 4.61.7 starting...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:22 abc MailScanner[9272]: SpamAssassin temporary working
>> > directory is /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>> > Jul 17 20:11:23 abc MailScanner[9272]: Enabling SpamAssassin
>> > auto-whitelist functionality...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:24 abc MailScanner[9272]: Using locktype = flock
>> > Jul 17 20:11:24 abc MailScanner[9272]: New Batch: Scanning 3 messages,
>> > 8755 bytes
>> > Jul 17 20:11:27 abc MailScanner[9278]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>> > Scanner version 4.61.7 starting...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:27 abc MailScanner[9278]: SpamAssassin temporary working
>> > directory is /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>> > Jul 17 20:11:28 abc MailScanner[9278]: Enabling SpamAssassin
>> > auto-whitelist functionality...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:29 abc MailScanner[9278]: Using locktype = flock
>> > Jul 17 20:11:29 abc MailScanner[9278]: New Batch: Scanning 3 messages,
>> > 8755 bytes
>> > Jul 17 20:11:32 abc MailScanner[9283]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>> > Scanner version 4.61.7 starting...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:32 abc MailScanner[9283]: SpamAssassin temporary working
>> > directory is /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>> > Jul 17 20:11:33 abc MailScanner[9283]: Enabling SpamAssassin
>> > auto-whitelist functionality...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:34 abc MailScanner[9283]: Using locktype = flock
>> > Jul 17 20:11:34 abc MailScanner[9283]: New Batch: Scanning 3 messages,
>> > 8755 bytes
>> > Jul 17 20:11:37 abc MailScanner[9287]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>> > Scanner version 4.61.7 starting...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:37 abc MailScanner[9287]: SpamAssassin temporary working
>> > directory is /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>> > Jul 17 20:11:38 abc MailScanner[9287]: Enabling SpamAssassin
>> > auto-whitelist functionality...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:39 abc MailScanner[9287]: Using locktype = flock
>> > Jul 17 20:11:39 abc MailScanner[9287]: New Batch: Scanning 3 messages,
>> > 8755 bytes
>> > Jul 17 20:11:42 abc MailScanner[9291]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>> > Scanner version 4.61.7 starting...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:42 abc MailScanner[9291]: SpamAssassin temporary working
>> > directory is /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>> > Jul 17 20:11:43 abc MailScanner[9291]: Enabling SpamAssassin
>> > auto-whitelist functionality...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:44 abc MailScanner[9291]: Using locktype = flock
>> > Jul 17 20:11:44 abc MailScanner[9291]: New Batch: Scanning 3 messages,
>> > 8755 bytes
>> > Jul 17 20:11:47 abc MailScanner[9295]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>> > Scanner version 4.61.7 starting...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:48 abc MailScanner[9295]: SpamAssassin temporary working
>> > directory is /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>> > Jul 17 20:11:48 abc MailScanner[9295]: Enabling SpamAssassin
>> > auto-whitelist functionality...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:49 abc MailScanner[9295]: Using locktype = flock
>> > Jul 17 20:11:49 abc MailScanner[9295]: New Batch: Scanning 3 messages,
>> > 8755 bytes
>> > Jul 17 20:11:52 abc MailScanner[9299]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>> > Scanner version 4.61.7 starting...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:53 abc MailScanner[9299]: SpamAssassin temporary working
>> > directory is /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>> > Jul 17 20:11:53 abc MailScanner[9299]: Enabling SpamAssassin
>> > auto-whitelist functionality...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:54 abc MailScanner[9299]: Using locktype = flock
>> > Jul 17 20:11:54 abc MailScanner[9299]: New Batch: Scanning 3 messages,
>> > 8755 bytes
>> > Jul 17 20:11:57 abc MailScanner[9303]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>> > Scanner version 4.61.7 starting...
>> > Jul 17 20:11:58 abc MailScanner[9303]: SpamAssassin temporary working
>> > directory is /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>> > here is the mailq:
>> > [root at abc MailScanner]# mailq
>> > -Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient-------
>> > 66482700A8! 1760 Tue Jul 17 20:04:10 leiw324 at yahoo.com.hk
>> > <mailto:leiw324 at yahoo.com.hk>
>> > mail.wilson-kwok.com at ecfind.net 
>> <mailto:mail.wilson-kwok.com at ecfind.net>
>> > C52F5700AA! 1731 Tue Jul 17 20:11:18 leiw324 at yahoo.com.hk
>> > <mailto:leiw324 at yahoo.com.hk>
>> > mail.wilson-kwok.com at ecfind.net 
>> <mailto:mail.wilson-kwok.com at ecfind.net>
>> >
>> > 
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>>
>> Looks like your "Lock Type" might be wrong or unset in your
>> Mailscanner.conf file. Check it and set it to "Posix" and see where that
>> gets you.
>>
>> steve
>>
> IIRC Wilson is using Postfix, in which case that wouldn't matter.

Oh, yeah, you're right.

Then I vote for the bad file in the input queue. That's been a common 
one in the past.

steve