Fwd: MailScanner[9493]: New Batch: Found invalid queue files:

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Shutdown MailScanner, remove the .pid and restart.  What user have you
defined for MailScanner to run as ? What are the permissions on the PID
file ? What user are you running the lint test as ?

On Mon, 28 May 2007 15:36:18 +0300
Lawi <lawrence.oduor at gmail.com> wrote:

> after doing a <path to MailScanner>/bin/MailScanner --lint
> 
> this is what i get
> 
> [root at proxy3 ~]# /usr/sbin/MailScanner --lint
> Could not read file /var/run/MailScanner.pid at
> /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Config.pm line 2367
> Error in line 167, file "/var/run/MailScanner.pid" for pidfile does
> not exist (or can not be read)
> at /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Config.pm line 2547
> Read 764 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
> Checking version numbers...
> Version number in MailScanner.conf (4.59.4) is correct.
> MailScanner setting GID to  (93)
> MailScanner setting UID to  (93)
> 
> 
> but i can see clearly the pid specified in side Mailscanner.conf is
> /var/run/MailScanner.pid
> 
> 
> On 5/28/07, --[ UxBoD ]-- <uxbod at splatnix.net> wrote:
> >
> > Try running <path to MailScanner>/bin/MailScanner --lint
> >
> > If that is okay, then try running through in debug mode <path to
> > MailScanner>/bin/MailScanner --debug
> >
> > but ensure no other MailScanner processes are running.
> >
> > On Mon, 28 May 2007 08:33:55 +0300
> > Lawi <lawrence.oduor at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > hi guys,  any help on this one??
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Lawi <lawrence.oduor at gmail.com>
> > > Date: May 22, 2007 9:45 AM
> > > Subject: MailScanner[9493]: New Batch: Found invalid queue files:
> > > To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> > >
> > > I have installed exim 6.47 and Mailscanner 4.59 and now i seem to
> > > be getting the error "format error in spool" for a number of
> > > messages awaiting delivery by exim on the exim log while
> > > MailScanner Says "Found invalid queue files" as shown in the
> > > Maillog below
> > >
> > > May 22 09:36:52 proxy3 MailScanner[9602]: Batch (1 message)
> > > processed in 13.79 seconds
> > > May 22 09:37:21 proxy3 MailScanner[9493]: New Batch: Found invalid
> > > queue files: 1HqBRW-0005w6-9i 1HqCcH-0006Ti-Ez 1HqEav-0007Gi-OK
> > > 1HqFpu-0007lx-4O 1HqLRJ-0001Wy-JE 1HqM1O-0001l4-6x
> > > 1HqMMz-0001uu-00 1HqMwH-0002D5-Qc 1HqNRU-0002Ut-1O
> > > May 22 09:37:21 proxy3 MailScanner[9493]: New Batch: Found 10
> > > messages waiting
> > > May 22 09:37:21 proxy3 MailScanner[9493]: New Batch: Scanning 1
> > > messages, 3309 bytes
> > > May 22 09:37:28 proxy3 MailScanner[9493]: Spam Checks completed at
> > > 423 bytes per second
> > > May 22 09:37:28 proxy3 MailScanner[9493]: Virus and Content
> > > Scanning: Starting
> > > May 22 09:37:29 proxy3 MailScanner[9493]: WARNING: Can't parse the
> > > configuration file.
> > >
> > > what is causing this problem? exim or mailscanner? what is this
> > > configuration file Mailscanner cannot parse? how is is it solved?
> > >
> > > regards,
> > >
> >
> >
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