mailscanner error, but doesn't appear to affect delivery?

[Julian Field]

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Matt Hayes wrote:
> Daniel Maher wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>  
>>
>> I recently built a brand-new incoming mail server, using Postfix 
>> 2.4.x, SpamAssassin 3.2.x, and the newest MailScanner and MailWatch 
>> packages.  It works properly, in that it receives, scans, tags, and 
>> delivers mail; however, every mail that it parses produces the 
>> following error in the mail log:
>>
>>  
>>
>> May 15 20:26:41 localhost MailScanner[3225]: 
>> /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/3225/./23322FA4E.22E9F.header: Unable 
>> to open file or directory ERROR
>>
>>  
>>
>> Of course, the path (which exists, and is readable by MailScanner) 
>> and filename are different for each mail, but the message is the 
>> same.  Again, as I mentioned above, the mail is properly scanned and 
>> delivered, so the error doesn’t appear to be affecting behaviour at 
>> all.  That said, it is worrisome that an error is being produced at 
>> all – especially if it’s “not really” an error.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>
> Its looking to use /dev/shm.
More likely to be using tmpfs somewhere. You don't have to only mount 
/dev/shm with tmpfs, you can mount any directory you like with tmpfs.
>
> I had the same issue.  Once I setup fstab to load /dev/shm and mounted 
> it.. the error went away.
>
> For some odd reason, with the newest release of MailScanner.. it 
> actually wants spamassassin to use /dev/shm.. which actually helps 
> speed up scan times.
>
> However, in previous versions, I found the same "if /dev/shm exists 
> use it" for SA and it wasn't being used... but suddenly it does hehe.
>
> Invoking MailScanner in debug mode would've helped you to figure this 
> out :)
>
> -Matt
>
>

Jules

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