MailScanner not scanning emails.

[Lawrence Lam]

None is working after following suggestion from different parties:

$ su -
Password: 

# service sendmail stop
sendmail: unrecognized service

# /etc/rc.d/init.d/service sendmail stop
-bash: /etc/rc.d/init.d/service: No such file or directory

# /sbin/service sendmail stop
sendmail: unrecognized service

# /sbin/service sendmail start
sendmail: unrecognized service

# /etc/rc.d/init.d/service sendmail start
-bash: /etc/rc.d/init.d/service: No such file or directory

# service sendmail start
sendmail: unrecognized service

# chkconfig sendmail off
error reading information on service sendmail: No such file or directory



-----Original Message-----
Lawrence Lam wrote:
>
> Problem 1:
>
> =============================
>
> Latest version of ClamAV and MailScanner installed OK but MailScanner 
> is not scanning emails.
>
>  
>
> This happens for both my RH9 and RHEL5 servers (both with WHM/cPanel). 
>  I have been searching Google for days but could not solve the 
> problem. I believe the solution is something very simple. Can somebody 
> please show me the way?
>
You say it is not scanning. Is mail getting through? If so, you need to 
do the 4 commands listed in your Problem 2.
>
>  
>
> Problem 2:
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> =============================
>
> At the end of MailScanner installation, it said I should do these:
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>  
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> service sendmail stop
>
> chkconfig sendmail off
>
> chkconfig MailScanner on
>
> service MailScanner start
>
>  
>
> But for all the 4 commands, all I got was "Command not found". I am 
> using RHEL5. What to do?
>
Never use "su" on its own, as this will not set up the root environment 
($PATH and others) correctly. *Always* type "su -" as this will set up 
the $PATH correctly. Then you will find service and chkconfig on your path.

>  
>
> Thanks.
>
>  
>
> Regards,
>
> Lawrence Lam
>
>  
>
>  
>
>  
>

Jules

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