getting Mailscanner to work with Mailwatch/Postfix

[Scott Silva]

on 3-17-2008 10:10 AM John Baker spake the following:
> I did indeed forget that you need to execute bit on for a process to 
> create a directory. Hey, its been a while since Unix 101. :)
> 
> But the source of confusion here for me as much as the Mailwatch wiki 
> ,which I did take the directions from, is that the default 
> Mailscanner.conf file has Quarantine Permissions = 0600 leading one to 
> believe that the execute bit is not necessary. This is in the 
> Mailscanner book as well.
> 
> What is the function of this line in the file? It seems to be ignored by 
>   the actual process.
> 
Remember, Julian originally wrote MailScanner to run with sendmail as root, so 
it didn't have the permission changes that newer MTA's require to NOT run as root.

-- 
MailScanner is like deodorant...
You hope everybody uses it, and
you notice quickly if they don't!!!!

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