Mailscanner 5.0.6-4 ant port 25 not listening

[Antony Stone]

On Monday 04 September 2017 at 14:27:11, Marek Górny wrote:

> ok thanks a lot,
> so both services shoud be run to process emails;
> 
> Restarting mailscanner.service i also noticed (don't now is normal):
> 
> Sep 04 14:05:29 mail2 ms-init[10821]: rsync: send_files failed to open
> "/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp/MoeRrUXo0p.virus":
> Operation not permitted (1)
>
> Sep 04 14:05:29 mail2 ms-init[10821]: rsync: send_files failed to open
> "/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp/a8Y6q9zHFA.virus":
> Operation not permitted (1)
>
> Sep 04 14:05:29 mail2 ms-init[10821]: rsync: send_files failed to open
> "/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp/pvaBzX5M2u.virus":
> Operation not permitted (1)
>
> Sep 04 14:05:29 mail2 ms-init[10821]: rsync error: some files/attrs were not
> transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c (1165) [sender=3.1.0]

My first comment is that I didn't know MailScanner used rsync these days as 
part of its operation - maybe someone more familiar with version 5 can comment 
on this?

> checking out what's in the files:
> 
> MoeRrUXo0p.virus: Infected: EICAR-Test-File (not a virus) [Aquarius]
> a8Y6q9zHFA.virus: Infected: EICAR-Test-File (not a virus) [Aquarius]
> pvaBzX5M2u.virus: Infected: EICAR-Test-File (not a virus) [Aquarius]

So, they're all test files, but the error messages indicate a permissions 
problem with the files or the directory.


Two questions:

1. How did you install MailScanner?

2. What happens if you send another Eicar test through the system - does it 
also get stuck in this directory or does it get delivered?


Antony.

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