Mailscanner not proccessing emails

--[ UxBoD ]-- uxbod at splatnix.net
Thu Jun 21 12:31:20 IST 2007


Final thing.  With MailScanner stopped but something in the inbound
SendMail queue. Run MailScanner --debug and see if that throws any errors.

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:15:53 +0200, "Carl Werner" <carl at theholidayclub.com>
wrote:
> grep "Queue Dir" MailScanner.conf gives the following:
> 
> Incoming Queue Dir = /var/spool/mqueue.in
> Outgoing Queue Dir = /var/spool/mqueue
> 
> My /etc/conf.d/MailScanner-mta contains the following
> 
> SENDMAIL=/usr/sbin/sendmail
> QUEUETIME=15m
> INQDIR=/var/spool/mqueue
> INPID=/var/run/sendmail.in.pid
> OUTPID=/var/run/sendmail.out.pid
> SMPID=/var/run/sm-client.pid
> MSPUSER=smmsp  # User for mail submission queue runner
> MSPGROUP=smmsp # Group for mail submission queue runner
> 
> I guess that this is where the MailScanner init script gets the settings
> that it starts Sendmail with from
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of --[
UxBoD
> ]--
> Sent: 21 June 2007 11:45 AM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: RE: Mailscanner not proccessing emails
> 
> Also,
> 
> grep "Queue Dir" MailScanner.conf
> 
> do these match where you SendMail queues are ?
> 
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:39:17 +0200, "Carl Werner"
> <carl at theholidayclub.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> /var/log/messages contain the following when Mailscanner is started
>>
>> Jun 21 11:35:39 mail3 sendmail[30540]: gethostbyaddr(10.2.0.233) failed:
> 1
>> Jun 21 11:35:39 mail3 sendmail[30540]: alias database /etc/mail/aliases
>> rebuilt by root
>> Jun 21 11:35:39 mail3 sendmail[30540]: /etc/mail/aliases: 1 aliases,
>> longest
>> 4 bytes, 14 bytes total
>> Jun 21 11:35:39 mail3 sm-mta[30543]: gethostbyaddr(10.2.0.233) failed: 1
>> Jun 21 11:35:39 mail3 sm-mta[30544]: starting daemon (8.14.0):
>> SMTP+queueing at 00:30:00
>> Jun 21 11:35:39 mail3 sm-mta[30544]: STARTTLS: CRLFile missing
>> Jun 21 11:35:39 mail3 sm-mta[30544]: STARTTLS=server, Diffie-Hellman
> init,
>> key=512 bit (1)
>> Jun 21 11:35:39 mail3 sm-mta[30544]: STARTTLS=server, init=1
>> Jun 21 11:35:39 mail3 sm-mta[30544]: started as: /usr/sbin/sendmail -bd
>> -q30m -L sm-mta
>> Jun 21 11:35:39 mail3 sm-cm[30547]: starting daemon (8.14.0):
>> queueing at 00:30:00
>> Jun 21 11:35:40 mail3 MailScanner[30571]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner
>> version 4.57.6 starting...
>> Jun 21 11:35:40 mail3 MailScanner[30571]: Read 759 hostnames from the
>> phishing whitelist
>> Jun 21 11:35:40 mail3 MailScanner[30571]: Using locktype = posix
>> Jun 21 11:35:40 mail3 MailScanner[30571]: Creating hardcoded
> struct_flock
>> subroutine for linux (Linux-type)
>> Jun 21 11:35:45 mail3 MailScanner[30576]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner
>> version 4.57.6 starting...
>> Jun 21 11:35:45 mail3 MailScanner[30576]: Read 759 hostnames from the
>> phishing whitelist
>> Jun 21 11:35:45 mail3 MailScanner[30576]: Using locktype = posix
>> Jun 21 11:35:45 mail3 MailScanner[30576]: Creating hardcoded
> struct_flock
>> subroutine for linux (Linux-type)
>> Jun 21 11:35:50 mail3 MailScanner[30577]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner
>> version 4.57.6 starting...
>> Jun 21 11:35:50 mail3 MailScanner[30577]: Read 759 hostnames from the
>> phishing whitelist
>> Jun 21 11:35:50 mail3 MailScanner[30577]: Using locktype = posix
>> Jun 21 11:35:50 mail3 MailScanner[30577]: Creating hardcoded
> struct_flock
>> subroutine for linux (Linux-type)
>> Jun 21 11:35:55 mail3 MailScanner[30578]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner
>> version 4.57.6 starting...
>> Jun 21 11:35:55 mail3 MailScanner[30578]: Read 759 hostnames from the
>> phishing whitelist
>> Jun 21 11:35:56 mail3 MailScanner[30578]: Using locktype = posix
>> Jun 21 11:35:56 mail3 MailScanner[30578]: Creating hardcoded
> struct_flock
>> subroutine for linux (Linux-type)
>> Jun 21 11:36:00 mail3 MailScanner[30579]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner
>> version 4.57.6 starting...
>> Jun 21 11:36:00 mail3 MailScanner[30579]: Read 759 hostnames from the
>> phishing whitelist
>> Jun 21 11:36:00 mail3 MailScanner[30579]: Using locktype = posix
>> Jun 21 11:36:00 mail3 MailScanner[30579]: Creating hardcoded
> struct_flock
>> subroutine for linux (Linux-type)
>>
>>
>> MailScanner --lint has the following output:
>>
>> Read 759 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
>>
>> Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)...
>> Using locktype = posix
>> Creating hardcoded struct_flock subroutine for linux (Linux-type)
>> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = clamav"
>> Found these virus scanners installed: clamav
>>
>> MailScanner --debug-sa does not give any output.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Carl
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of --[
> UxBoD
>> ]--
>> Sent: 21 June 2007 11:09 AM
>> To: MailScanner discussion
>> Subject: Re: Mailscanner not proccessing emails
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> What is showing in /var/log/message when MailScanner is started ?
>> Have you tried running MailScanner --lint ?
>> Have you tried running MailScanner --debug-sa ?
>>
>> If you can post this information it will help us to diagnose.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:00:31 +0200, "Carl Werner"
>> <carl at theholidayclub.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have done a clean install of Mailscanner from the sunrise overlay on
>>> Gentoo, together with Sendmail, Spamassassin and ClamAV. I followed the
>>> guide located at
>>>
>>
>
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Email_Virus_Scanner_--_Mailscanner#Configuratio
>>> n_for_Sendmail with the installation. The problem is that Mailscanner
>> does
>>> not process the emails. I have setup Sendmail to run with SMTP auth
> (not
>>> sure if that is the problem). Sendmail is working perfectly even though
>>> Mailscanner is also running. The emails seem to bypass Mailscanner and
>> is
>>> delivered directly. I have run Mailscanner in debug mode. The only
>> errors
>>> that I have received is the following
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
>>> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1050.
>>>
>>> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
>>> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1052.
>>>
>>> [28333] dbg: config: read_scoreonly_config: cannot open "": No such
> file
>>> or
>>> directory
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When I disable the use of Spamassassin this error does not appear any
>>> more.
>>> Except for the normal info messages nothing else is shown and
>> Mailscanner
>>> seems to be waiting for emails as input.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What am I missing? Is there a problem with my incoming/outgoing queues
>> in
>>> Mailscanner/Sendmail. Is Sendmail being started the right way? Any help
>>> would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Carl Werner
>>>
>>>
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>>> MailScanner, and is
>>> believed to be clean.
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