MailScanner Lint Error

Shawn Iverson shawniverson at summitgrid.com
Wed Aug 12 20:29:13 UTC 2020


MailScanner was decoupled from sendmail quite a while ago on 
RedHat-based systems.

The old v4 script no longer works.

As for DCC and Pyzor, I can probably did some notes up for you on my 
installations.

On 8/11/20 10:51 PM, Paul Scott wrote:

> Hello Shawn,
>
> Awesome!  That did the trick!  I am not sure of the reason why, but it 
> appears that ms-sendmail starts a different sendmail configuration?
>
> I used to have a startup script that restarted mailscanner and 
> sendmail all together in one swoop. Do you know where I could get that?
>
> I had a perfectly good working configuration, and the building had a 
> total blackout, and this somehow wacked my firewall, this server, and 
> an Exchange server.
>
> Also, do you know of a good reference on how to install DCC and Pyzor?
>
> Thank you again for your assistance.  It is very much appreciated.  
> I’ll be sure to donate on your site.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> photo
>
> 	
> 	
>
> *Paul Scott*
> Engineer, Eden USA, Incorporated
>
> 866.501.3336 <tel:866.501.3336> |951.505.6967 <tel:951.505.6967> 
> |sales at edenusa.com <mailto:sales at edenusa.com>
>
> https://www.edenusa.com <https://www.edenusa.com/>
>
>
> *From:* MailScanner 
> <mailscanner-bounces+sales=edenusa.com at lists.mailscanner.info> *On 
> Behalf Of *Shawn Iverson via MailScanner
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2020 2:30 AM
> *To:* mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> *Cc:* Shawn Iverson <shawniverson at summitgrid.com>
> *Subject:* Re: MailScanner Lint Error
>
> Are you running sendmail? If so...
>
> chkconfig sendmail off
>
> chkconfig sm-client off
>
> chkconfig ms-sendmail on
>
> service ms-sendmail start
>
> On 8/10/20 9:02 PM, Paul Scott wrote:
>
>     Oh, and the running OS is CentOS 6. Sorry, I should have put that
>     in the email.
>
>     Thank you!
>
>     photo
>
>     	
>     	
>
>     *Paul Scott*
>     Engineer, Eden USA, Incorporated
>
>     866.501.3336 <tel:866.501.3336> |951.505.6967 <tel:951.505.6967>
>     |sales at edenusa.com <mailto:sales at edenusa.com>
>
>     https://www.edenusa.com <https://www.edenusa.com/>
>
>
>     *From:* MailScanner
>     <mailscanner-bounces+sales=edenusa.com at lists.mailscanner.info>
>     <mailto:mailscanner-bounces+sales=edenusa.com at lists.mailscanner.info>
>     *On Behalf Of *L.P.H. van Belle via MailScanner
>     *Sent:* Monday, August 10, 2020 12:54 PM
>     *To:* mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
>     <mailto:mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
>     *Cc:* L.P.H. van Belle <belle at bazuin.nl> <mailto:belle at bazuin.nl>
>     *Subject:* Re: MailScanner Lint Error
>
>     I don't know your running os, but on debian, running su-update is
>     done as the user running the service.
>
>     i suspect wrong rights somewhere.
>
>     i had it myself, also due running sa-update as root.
>
>     I hope it helps.
>
>     Greetz,
>
>     Louis
>
>     Op 10 aug. 2020 21:08 schreef Paul Scott <sales at edenusa.com
>     <mailto:sales at edenusa.com>>:
>
>
>
>         Hello MailScanner folks and friends:
>
>
>
>         I continue to hammer away at trying to get MailScanner working
>         again.  I managed to get the install to run without error, but
>         I still do not see MailScanner actively processing any SPAM at
>         all in the “maillog” log file.  It only shows its startup
>         messages, and that’s it.  The process ID remains running, but
>         MailScanner is effectively dead (doesn’t do any work).  I also
>         did successfully use CPAN to upgrade Spam Assassin to the very
>         latest version, just now.
>
>
>
>         [root at fs9 log]# spamassassin -V
>
>         SpamAssassin version 3.4.4
>
>           running on Perl version 5.10.1
>
>         [root at fs9 log]#
>
>
>
>
>
>         After that, I tried MailScanner –lint, and had some issues,
>         which I fixed, until I now have this result:
>
>
>
>         [root at fs9 ~]# MailScanner --lint
>
>         Trying to setlogsock(unix)
>
>
>
>         Reading configuration file /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
>
>         Reading configuration file /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
>
>         Read 1500 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
>
>         Read 7949 hostnames from the phishing blacklists
>
>
>
>         Checking version numbers...
>
>         Version number in MailScanner.conf (5.3.3) 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
>
>         config: registryboundaries: no tlds defined, need to run
>         sa-update
>
>         SpamAssassin reported no errors.
>
>         Auto: Found virus scanners: clamd
>
>         Using locktype = flock
>
>         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:: Win.Test.EICAR_HDB-1 :: ./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: Win.Test.EICAR_HDB-1"
>
>
>
>         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.
>
>
>
>         I don’t know what this error means, or how to fix it—I did run
>         “sa-update”, and it did not fix it:
>
>         config: registryboundaries: no tlds defined, need to run
>         sa-update
>
>
>
>         Can you please let me know how to fix this?
>
>
>
>
>
>         Also, of interest, I read in the spamassassin.conf that there
>         is a Processing.db, that is in the
>         /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming folder, and to clear it, you
>         delete it, and it should be recreated when MailScanner is
>         restarted, it will be recreated.  I tried that, but it did NOT
>         get recreated, not sure why.  Any ideas?
>
>
>
>         The bottom line here is that MailScanner is not doing what it
>         should be doing, and that is scanning incoming mail.  I am
>         having a great deal of trouble figure this out.  Please help. 
>         Thank you very much!
>
>
>
>         Sincerely,
>
>
>
>
>
>         Paul Scott
>         Engineer, Eden USA, Incorporated
>
>         866.501.3336 | 951.505.6967 | sales at edenusa.com
>         <mailto:sales at edenusa.com>
>
>         https://www.edenusa.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> Shawn Iverson
> shawniverson at summitgrid.com <mailto:shawniverson at summitgrid.com>
>
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Shawn Iverson
shawniverson at summitgrid.com
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