Fri Mar 22 22:32:30 GMT 2013

Here is the definitive answer for anyone who later finds this thread.
It is from the file /usr/share/doc/mailscanner/examples/conf.d/README

# In this directory, you can put files that will be automatically included
# as if they were inserted at the end of the main MailScanner.conf file
# in the directory above this one.
#
# They should be read in alphabetical order.
#
# NOTE: If you change the value of a %variable% then you must redefine all
# the settings that use that %variable% here, as the %variable%
# substitutions are done when the files are initially read, not later when
# settings are looked up when MailScanner is processing messages.
# So if, for example, you change the value of %rules-dir% in an included
# file here, you must reset the values of the settings
#        Maximum Message Size
#        Is Definitely Not Spam
#        Enable Spam Bounce
# in order for them all to use the new value of %rules-dir%.
# My apologies for this, but it is only possible to know the values of
# each %variable% when the configuration files are read, and not when
# the settings are evaluated as they could be set at any point within the
# files, giving an unknown value of the %variable% at that point.
#
# --
# Jules
# MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk

So before modifying any %something% line in a conf.d/ file grep for
that %something% string in the .../MailScanner/MailScanner.conf file
and modify all of them.

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Robert Lopez <rlopezcnm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am terribly wrong.
> I have been able to prove to myself the configuration file
> /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/CNM-MailScanner.conf is read and affects many
> configuration parameters.
>
> However this line:
> %org-name% = CNM
> does not take precedence over this line in
> /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf:
>  %org-name% = unconfigured-debian-site
> So all the places it should modify other configuration parameters they are
> not modified.
> When I look in the internet headers of email passed through I see lines
> like these:
> X-unconfigured-debian-site-MailScanner-From: xxxxxxxxxx at yyyyyyyy.zzzz
> X-unconfigured-debian-site-MailScanner: Found to be clean
> X-unconfigured-debian-site-MailScanner-ID: 7E9D75F8D.AA75F
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Robert Lopez <rlopezcnm at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Martin,
>>
>> I had done that. There are some "errors"; part related to the fact the
>> local conf file is not loaded.
>>
>> The first error is
>> ERROR: The "envelope_sender_header" in your spam.assassin.prefs.conf
>> ERROR: is not correct, it should match
>> X-unconfigured-debian-site-MailScanner-From
>> and it is because the /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/CNM-MailScanner.conf file
>> sets
>> envelope_sender_header X-CNM-MailScanner-From
>>
>> The second error/warning is
>> config: failed to parse line, skipping, in
>> "/etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf": use_auto_whitelist 0
>> SpamAssassin reported an error.
>> which I have never been able to understand, but is there because I want
>> the whitelist off. Also
>> I assume the "SpamAssassin reported an error" refers to the line above it.
>>
>> The result of the run is below.
>>
>>
>>
>> # MailScanner -debug --lint
>> Trying to setlogsock(unix)
>>
>>
>> Reading configuration file /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
>> Reading configuration file /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/CNM-MailScanner.conf
>> Read 869 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
>> Read 5414 hostnames from the phishing blacklists
>>
>> Checking version numbers...
>> Version number in MailScanner.conf (4.84.5) is correct.
>>
>> ERROR: The "envelope_sender_header" in your spam.assassin.prefs.conf
>> ERROR: is not correct, it should match
>> X-unconfigured-debian-site-MailScanner-From
>>
>> MailScanner setting GID to  (117)
>> MailScanner setting UID to  (108)
>>
>> Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)...
>> Using SpamAssassin results cache
>> Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
>> config: failed to parse line, skipping, in
>> "/etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf": use_auto_whitelist 0
>> SpamAssassin reported an error.
>> I have found clamd scanners installed, and will use them all by default.
>> Connected to Processing Attempts Database
>> Created Processing Attempts Database successfully
>> There are 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
>> Using locktype = posix
>> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = auto"
>> Found these virus scanners installed: clamd
>>
>> ===========================================================================
>> Filename Checks: Windows/DOS Executable (1 eicar.com)
>> Other Checks: Found 1 problems
>> Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
>> Clamd::INFECTED::Eicar-Test-Signature :: ./1/
>> Clamd::INFECTED:: Eicar-Test-Signature :: ./1/eicar.com
>> Virus Scanning: Clamd found 2 infections
>> Infected message 1 came from 10.1.1.1
>> Virus Scanning: Found 2 viruses
>>
>> ===========================================================================
>> Virus Scanner test reports:
>> Clamd said "eicar.com was infected: Eicar-Test-Signature"
>>
>> If any of your virus scanners (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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:43 AM, Martin Hepworth <maxsec at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> run in debug mode and see if you've a problem with the info in the
>>> include directory
>>>
>>> also try a "MailScanner --lint" as well.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Martin Hepworth, CISSP
>>> Oxford, UK
>>>
>>>
>>> On 21 March 2013 23:48, Robert Lopez <rlopezcnm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> MailScanner version 4.84.5
>>>>
>>>> NAME="Ubuntu"
>>>> VERSION="12.04.2 LTS, Precise Pangolin"
>>>> ID=ubuntu
>>>> ID_LIKE=debian
>>>> PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu precise (12.04.2 LTS)"
>>>> VERSION_ID="12.04"
>>>>
>>>> None of the configuration parameters in
>>>> /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/CNM-MailScanner.conf are incorporated.
>>>> Last of /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf still says:
>>>>
>>>> include /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/*
>>>>
>>>> For each startup log file says:
>>>>
>>>> Reading configuration file /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
>>>> Reading configuration file /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/CNM-MailScanner.conf
>>>>
>>>> What have I done wrong?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Robert Lopez
>>>> Unix Systems Administrator
>>>> Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)
>>>> 525 Buena Vista SE
>>>> Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
>>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Robert Lopez
>> Unix Systems Administrator
>> Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)
>> 525 Buena Vista SE
>> Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Robert Lopez
> Unix Systems Administrator
> Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)
> 525 Buena Vista SE
> Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
>

-- 
Robert Lopez
Unix Systems Administrator
Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)
525 Buena Vista SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
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