MailScanner not scanning emails.

[Brendan Pirie]

"rpm -q sendmail" will tell you if sendmail is installed.
If you're using postfix, exim or any MTA other than sendmail, the 
commands will obviously not work.
If sendmail was installed from source/tarball instead of the RHL/RHEL 
packages, the commands will likely fail as well.

Brendan

Lawrence Lam wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> =============================
>>
>> At the end of MailScanner installation, it said I should do these:
>>
>>  
>>
>> 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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