Two issues with MailScanner

[Jerry Benton]

- If you have any RBLs specified, turn them off and retest.
- Use a caching name server on the MailScanner server
- Make sure the server has outbound access for DNS.

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Jerry Benton
www.mailborder.com



> On Apr 13, 2016, at 1:13 PM, David Mehler <dave.mehler at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm running a FreeBSD 10.3 system on amd64 in a vps. I'm using the
> latest 3.1 of Postfix and MailScanner 4.85.2.
> 
> I can send and receive mail, so that is working and it's all going
> through MailScanner so that's good.
> 
> I've got two issues. One is a performance issue of MailScanner. I sent
> a message through, from an external email client going over tls to my
> gmail account. When the message hit postfix it passed it off to
> MailScanner for processing at 12:33. MailScanner processed and
> returned it to Postfix but did so at 12:36 so I've got a three minute
> processing delay. Is there anything I can do to speed that up?
> 
> My second issue also related to a sent message though not the same one
> as discussed in the last paragraph, every message I'm sending through
> is getting a spam subject tag applied, and a spam score of 2. I'm
> going to include anomized headers at the end of this message.
> 
> I'd appreciate any help on either of these issues.
> 
> Thanks.
> Dave.
> 
> 
> 
>                      Delivered-To: dave.mehler at gmail.com
> Received: by 10.194.68.99 with SMTP id v3csp52991wjt;
>        Wed, 13 Apr 2016 08:11:44 -0700 (PDT)
> X-Received: by 10.140.37.113 with SMTP id q104mr11766992qgq.104.1460560304552;
>        Wed, 13 Apr 2016 08:11:44 -0700 (PDT)
> Return-Path: <email at domain.com>
> Received: from mail.domain.com (Sending-Host. [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx])
>        by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v2si14555172qhc.83.2016.04.13.08.11.44
>        for <dave.mehler at gmail.com>
>        (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128);
>        Wed, 13 Apr 2016 08:11:44 -0700 (PDT)
> Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of email at domain.com designates
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx as permitted sender) client-ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
> Authentication-Results: mx.google.com;
>       dkim=neutral (body hash did not verify) header.i=@domain.com;
>       spf=pass (google.com: domain of email at domain.com designates
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=email at domain.com
> X-Spam-Status: Yes
> X-host-MailScanner-Watermark: 1461164943.13961 at 5NMEueHOw3b4TN3OZZLGNg
> X-host-MailScanner-To: dave.mehler at gmail.com
> X-host-MailScanner-From: email at domain.com
> X-host-MailScanner-SpamScore: 2
> X-host-MailScanner-SpamCheck: spam, spamhaus-ZEN,
> 	SpamAssassin (not cached, score=2, required 4, MR_BAD_ORGA_1 2.00)
> X-host-MailScanner: Found to be clean
> X-host-MailScanner-ID: A184A153AB.A8D3A
> X-host-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information
> << rest removed
> 
> 
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