MailScanner 4.67.6 Attachment Issue

Rob Kettle rob at kettle.org.uk
Wed Mar 5 18:06:49 GMT 2008


hi,

yup. I had to do pretty much that as the first upgrade install seemed to 
corrupt the .conf file somehow but not in any obvious way that I could see.

rob

Dörfler Andreas wrote:
> hi rob,
>
> dunno if it helps, got the same problem and i had to install 4.67.6 twice.
> first installed the latest stable 4.66.5-3 and then 4.67.6-1 again.
> it works now.
>
> greetings
> andy
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf 
>> Of Rob Kettle
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:21 PM
>> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
>> Subject: Re: MailScanner 4.67.6 Attachment Issue
>>
>> Julian Field wrote:
>>     
>>> Do a MailScanner --lint and a MailScanner --debug and check 
>>>       
>> that they 
>>     
>>> produce nothing untoward.
>>> What MTA are you using, and have you followed the appropriate 
>>> installation instructions on www.mailscanner.info? How did 
>>>       
>> you install 
>>     
>>> it? What distribution, OS and version? What distribution of 
>>> MailScanner did you use?
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob Kettle wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> just upgraded to the new release but when ever I start 
>>>>         
>> MailScanner I 
>>     
>>>> get a job MailScanner: Extracting Attachments that kicks 
>>>>         
>> in and uses 
>>     
>>>> 70+% CPU constantly and no mail gets processed.
>>>>
>>>> any help would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> Rob
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Jules
>>>
>>>       
>> Hi,  I was running 4.66.5 with no Issues.  Also using 
>> Mailwatch. System is Centos 5.1. MTA is sendmail.  Sendmail 
>> runs fine on it's own without MailScanner.
>>
>> Output from --lint is :
>>
>> Trying to setlogsock(unix)
>> Checking version numbers...
>> Version number in MailScanner.conf (4.67.6) is correct.
>>
>> Unrar is not installed, it should be in /usr/bin/unrar.
>> This is required for RAR archives to be read to check 
>> filenames and filetypes. Virus scanning is not affected.
>>
>>
>> ERROR: The "envelope_sender_header" in your spam.assassin.prefs.conf
>> ERROR: is not correct, it should match X-Kettle-MailScanner-From
>>
>>
>> Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)...
>> SpamAssassin temp dir = 
>> /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>> SpamAssassin reported no errors.
>> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = clamd"
>> Found these virus scanners installed: clamavmodule, clamd 
>> ==============================================================
>> =============
>> ==============================================================
>> =============
>> Virus Scanner test reports:
>> Clamd said "eicar.com was infected: Eicar-Test-Signature FOUND"
>>
>> If any of your virus scanners (clamavmodule,clamd) are not 
>> listed there, you should check that they are installed 
>> correctly and that MailScanner is finding them correctly via 
>> its virus.scanners.conf.
>> commit ineffective with AutoCommit enabled at 
>> /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/CustomFunctions/MailWatch.pm 
>> line 93, <CLIENT> line 1.
>> Commmit ineffective while AutoCommit is on at 
>> /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/CustomFunctions/MailWatch.pm 
>> line 93, <CLIENT> line 1.
>>
>> the --debug stops at subtests =
>>   and goes no futher
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
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