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Okay, I'm running now. The MailScanner-4.00.0a9-5.tar file was a bit on
the rough side, but I made it work.
<p>The first error I noticed was something about missing file perl-TimeDate
? Another one I caught in full:
<blockquote>Missing file /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/perl-MIME-tools-5.411-pl3.1.noarch.rpm.
<br>Maybe it did not build correctly?
<br>Installing perl-Convert-TNEF-0.17-1.src.rpm
<br>Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.45663</blockquote>
The end of the script ran like this:
<blockquote>Missing file /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/perl-MIME-tools-5.411-pl3.1.noarch.rpm.
<br>Maybe it did not build correctly?
<br>Installing perl-Convert-TNEF-0.17-1.src.rpm
<br>Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.45663
<br>Executing(%build): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.45663
<br>Checking if your kit is complete...
<br>Looks good
<br>Writing Makefile for Convert::TNEF
<br>cp TNEF.pm blib/lib/Convert/TNEF.pm
<br>Manifying blib/man3/Convert::TNEF.3
<br>PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i586-linux
-I/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1 -e 'use Test::Harness qw(&runtests $verbose);
$verbose=0; runtests @ARGV;' t/*.t
<br>t/test....ok
<br>All tests successful.
<br>Files=1, Tests=12, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.32 cusr + 0.04
csys = 0.36 CPU)
<br>Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.63312
<br>Installing /var/tmp/perl-Convert-TNEF-root/usr/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/Convert/TNEF.pm
<br>Installing /var/tmp/perl-Convert-TNEF-root/usr/man/man3/Convert::TNEF.3
<br>Writing /var/tmp/perl-Convert-TNEF-root/usr/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/i586-linux/auto/Convert/TNEF/.packlist
<br>Appending installation info to /var/tmp/perl-Convert-TNEF-root/usr/lib/5.6.1/i586-linux/perllocal.pod</blockquote>
Seeing that mailscanner hadn't made it into the results, I ran it myself:
<blockquote>[root@verbose MailScanner-4.00.0a9-5]# rpm -Uvh mailscanner*rpm
<br>error: failed dependencies:
<br> sendmail is needed by mailscanner-4.00.0a9-4
<br> tnef >= 1.1.1 is needed
by mailscanner-4.00.0a9-4
<br> perl-MIME-tools >= 5.411
is needed by mailscanner-4.00.0a9-4
<br> perl-Convert-TNEF is needed
by mailscanner-4.00.0a9-4</blockquote>
Of course, the sendmail dependency is just as bogus as ever. Also, my earlier
comments about the closing commands still stand. I just did chkconfig --list
and see that MailScanner is only active in the current runlevel, 3 in my
case. So this command is still needful:
<blockquote>chkconfig --level 2345 MailScanner on</blockquote>
However, I'm really, really happy with the change. The huge (for us) mountain
of mail in the queues was gone in seconds, and the test messages ended
up in my mailbox. The two with payloads (I manually attached my entire
pet virus collection) were stripped of their attachments, and the reply
was sent:
<blockquote>This message is simply to warn you that your computer system
may have a
<br>virus present and should be checked.
<p>The virus detector said this about the message:
<br>Report: joke.exe Infection: W32/Hybris.worm.B
<br>Report: Very Funny.vbs Infection: VBS/LoveLetter.gen
<br>Visual Basic Scripts are dangerous in email (Very Funny.vbs)
<br>Report: Pretty Park.exe Infection: PrettyPark.37376
<br>"Pretty Park" virus (Pretty Park.exe)
<br>Report: ALANIS_Screen_Saver.SCR Infection: W32/MTX.9244.worm.A
<br>Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (ALANIS_Screen_Saver.SCR)</blockquote>
So, I'm back in business, and Julian is now my hero. Right on! If the mail
had been held up at the start of business tomorrow there would have been
hell to pay.
<p>Van
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