Upgrade Wrecks MailScanner

Wed Oct 12 05:49:49 UTC 2016

Hello Jerry,

Yes, I saw that too...good catch!  I moved the BACKUP directory and left the README and restarted.

I still do not get any mailscanner messages like I used to, in the /var/log/maillog file, like this:

Sep 18 04:09:19 mail MailScanner[4260]: New Batch: Scanning 1 messages, 4729 bytes
Sep 18 04:09:19 mail MailScanner[4260]: Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
Sep 18 04:09:58 mail MailScanner[4260]: MCP Checks: Starting
Sep 18 04:09:58 mail MailScanner[4260]: Expired 1 records from the SpamAssassin cache
Sep 18 04:09:58 mail MailScanner[4260]: Whitelist refresh time reached
Sep 18 04:09:58 mail MailScanner[4260]: Starting up SQL Whitelist
Sep 18 04:09:58 mail MailScanner[4260]: Read 17 whitelist entries
Sep 18 04:09:58 mail MailScanner[4260]: Blacklist refresh time reached
Sep 18 04:09:58 mail MailScanner[4260]: Starting up SQL Blacklist
Sep 18 04:09:58 mail MailScanner[4260]: Read 51 blacklist entries
Sep 18 04:10:07 mail MailScanner[4260]: Spam Checks: Found 1 spam messages
Sep 18 04:10:07 mail MailScanner[4260]: Deleted 1 messages from processing-database
Sep 18 04:10:07 mail MailScanner[4260]: Logging message u8IB9DGY006316 to SQL
Sep 18 04:10:07 mail MailScanner[4260]: Config: calling custom end function SQLBlacklist
Sep 18 04:10:07 mail MailScanner[4260]: Closing down by-domain spam blacklist
Sep 18 04:10:07 mail MailScanner[4260]: Config: calling custom end function MailWatchLogging
Sep 18 04:10:07 mail MailScanner[4260]: Config: calling custom end function SQLWhitelist
Sep 18 04:10:07 mail MailScanner[4260]: Closing down by-domain spam whitelist
Sep 18 04:10:07 mail MailScanner[4260]: MailScanner child dying of old age
Sep 18 04:10:07 mail MailScanner[6266]: u8IB9DGY006316: Logged to MailWatch SQL

That is, I don't know if MailScanner is still performing the job that it used to, and my users are all reporting a flood of SPAM.

-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner [mailto:mailscanner-bounces+sales=edenusa.com at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Jerry Benton
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 9:51 PM
To: MailScanner Discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
Subject: RE: Upgrade Wrecks MailScanner

Or move it rather.

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Jerry Benton
www.mailborder.com
+1 - 844-436-6245

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Benton <jerry.benton at mailborder.com>
Reply: Jerry Benton <jerry.benton at mailborder.com>
Date: October 12, 2016 at 12:50:17 AM
To: MailScanner Discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
Subject:  RE: Upgrade Wrecks MailScanner

> Remove that BACKUP file from the /conf.d/ directory. It is still being read.
>
>
> -
> Jerry Benton
> www.mailborder.com
> +1 - 844-436-6245
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Scott
> Reply: MailScanner Discussion
> Date: October 12, 2016 at 12:06:05 AM
> To: MailScanner Discussion
> Subject: RE: Upgrade Wrecks MailScanner
>
> > Hello Mark,
> >
> > There are two files in the /etc/MailScanner/conf.d directory, as follows:
> >
> > MyMailScannerConfig.conf
> >
> > -and-
> >
> > README
> >
> > The MyMailScannerConfig.conf file appears to be a copy of my OLD 
> > MailScanner.conf
> file.
> > So that explains partially what is going on, if indeed, the ENTIRE 
> > new MailScanner.conf is being wiped out by this "include" file. So I 
> > renamed that file, and now, lo-and-behold, the --lint test works much better, but still has some errors:
> >
> > [root at mail conf.d]# MailScanner --lint Trying to setlogsock(unix)
> >
> > Reading configuration file /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf Reading 
> > configuration file /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/BACKUP Reading 
> > configuration file /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README Read 501 hostnames 
> > from the phishing whitelist Read 19129 hostnames from the phishing 
> > blacklists
> > Config: calling custom init function SQLBlacklist
> > Config: calling custom init function MailWatchLogging
> > Config: calling custom init function SQLWhitelist
> >
> > Checking version numbers...
> > Version number in MailScanner.conf (5.0.3) is correct.
> >
> > Your envelope_sender_header in spamassassin.conf is correct.
> >
> > Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)...
> > Using SpamAssassin results cache
> > Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
> > dcc: dccifd -> check skipped: dcc: failed to connect to a socket 
> > /var/dcc/dccifd: Connection refused SpamAssassin reported no errors.
> > Connected to Processing Attempts Database Created Processing 
> > Attempts Database successfully There are 0 messages in the 
> > Processing Attempts Database Using locktype = flock MailScanner.conf 
> > says "Virus Scanners = clamav avg"
> > mktemp: invalid option -- -
> > Usage: mktemp [-V] | [-dqtu] [-p prefix] [template] Found these 
> > virus scanners installed: clamavmodule 
> > ====================================================================
> > ======= Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
> > mktemp: invalid option -- -
> > Usage: mktemp [-V] | [-dqtu] [-p prefix] [template]
> > ERROR: Option --tempdir requires a non-empty string argument
> > ERROR: Can't parse command line options 
> > ====================================================================
> > =======
> >
> > If any of your virus scanners (clamavmodule) are not listed there, 
> > you should check that they are installed correctly and that 
> > MailScanner is finding them correctly via its virus.scanners.conf.
> > Config: calling custom end function SQLBlacklist
> > Config: calling custom end function MailWatchLogging
> > Config: calling custom end function SQLWhitelist
> >
> > So it looks better now, but I don't see the normal MailScanner 
> > messages in the maillog.log, like I used to. All of the startup 
> > messages appear, for each child, but after that, all I see are 
> > standard sendmail and popper messages in the log. No MailScanner messages, like these:
> >
> > Sep 11 05:36:17 mail MailScanner[3147]: New Batch: Scanning 1 
> > messages, 6510 bytes Sep 11 05:36:17 mail MailScanner[3147]: Virus 
> > and Content Scanning: Starting Sep 11 05:36:57 mail 
> > MailScanner[3147]: MCP Checks: Starting Sep 11 05:36:57 mail 
> > MailScanner[3147]: Expired 1 records from the SpamAssassin cache Sep 
> > 11 05:37:02 mail MailScanner[3147]: Spam Checks: Found 1 spam 
> > messages Sep 11 05:37:02 mail MailScanner[3147]: Deleted 1 messages 
> > from processing-database Sep 11 05:37:02 mail MailScanner[3147]: 
> > Logging message u8BCaA1A003322 to SQL Sep 11 05:37:02 mail 
> > MailScanner[3240]: u8BCaA1A003322: Logged to MailWatch SQL Sep 11 
> > 05:40:07 mail MailScanner[3163]: New Batch: Scanning 1 messages, 
> > 8208 bytes Sep 11 05:40:07 mail MailScanner[3163]: Virus and Content 
> > Scanning: Starting Sep 11 05:40:47 mail MailScanner[3163]: MCP 
> > Checks: Starting Sep 11 05:40:47 mail MailScanner[3163]: Whitelist 
> > refresh time reached Sep 11 05:40:47 mail MailScanner[3163]: 
> > Starting up SQL Whitelist Sep 11 05:40:47 mail MailScanner[3163]: 
> > Read 17 whitelist entries Sep 11 05:40:47 mail MailScanner[3163]: 
> > Blacklist refresh time reached Sep 11 05:40:47 mail 
> > MailScanner[3163]: Starting up SQL Blacklist Sep 11 05:40:47 mail 
> > MailScanner[3163]: Read 51 blacklist entries Sep 11 05:40:53 mail 
> > MailScanner[3163]: Spam Checks: Found 1 spam messages Sep 11 
> > 05:40:53 mail MailScanner[3163]: Deleted 1 messages from 
> > processing-database
> >
> > Not sure why this is. Any ideas?
> >
> > Thank you again! Paul
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner 
> > [mailto:mailscanner-bounces+sales=edenusa.com at lists.mailscanner.info
> > ]
> > On Behalf Of Mark Sapiro
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 8:46 PM
> > To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> > Subject: Re: Upgrade Wrecks MailScanner
> >
> > On 10/11/2016 08:29 PM, Paul Scott wrote:
> > >
> > > At this moment, I am still getting the following error using the --lint tests:
> > > Checking version numbers...
> > > Version installed (5.0.3) does not match version stated in 
> > > MailScanner.conf file (4.84.5), you may want to run 
> > > ms-upgrade-conf to ensure your MailScanner.conf file contains all the latest settings.
> > >
> > > But I don't understand why, since the MailScanner.conf which is in 
> > > the /etc/MailScanner
> > directory, has this line in it, and it IS the correct version:
> > >
> > > # This is the version number of the MailScanner distribution that 
> > > created # this configuration file. Please do not change this value.
> > > MailScanner Version Number = 5.0.3
> >
> >
> > What's in /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/? and anywhere else that might be 
> > included from /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf?
> >
> > --
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> >
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