<div>The MailScanner.new file is indeed zero bytes long.</div> <div> </div> <div>If I delete the SpamAssassin Prefs File =/etc/MailScann...... line and run a --lint the output is..</div> <div> </div> <div>Read 701 hostnames from the phishing whitelist<BR>Cannot write pid file , No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/MailScanner line 1238<BR>Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)...<BR>Using SpamAssassin results cache<BR>Connected to SpamAssassin cache database<BR>SpamAssassin reported no errors.<BR></div> <div>I'm guessing that MailScanner is still runing ok without this line. Whats the 'cannot write pid file' about ?<BR><BR><B><I>"Randal, Phil" <prandal@herefordshire.gov.uk></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Copy your
existing MailScanner.conf somewhere safe and then run</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> upgrade_MailScanner_conf<FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>and follow the instructions it prints on screen.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If the resultant MailScanner.conf is zero bytes long after doing that, something's awry, co copy back your original MailScanner.conf and
edit it to delete the</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> SpamAssassin Prefs File = /etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>line.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Then</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN
class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> MailScanner --lint</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>to see what errors it picks up.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If OK, restart MailScanner in the normal manner.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Phil</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=090504913-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format --> <div><FONT size=2>----<BR>Phil Randal<BR>Network Engineer<BR>Herefordshire Council<BR>Hereford, UK </FONT></div> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mailscanner-bounces@lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-bounces@lists.mailscanner.info] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Robert Davison<BR><B>Sent:</B> 20 February 2006 13:46<BR><B>To:</B> MailScanner discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: spamassassinprefsfile Error<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>what
can I do now to fix this...can I run these scripts now ?<BR><BR><B><I>"Randal, Phil" <prandal@herefordshire.gov.uk></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=371393513-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It's likely that after running <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>upgrade_MailScanner_conf</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>you forgot to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=371393513-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=371393513-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>mv -f MailScanner.conf MailScanner.old<BR>mv -f MailScanner.new MailScanner.conf<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=371393513-20022006>The</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=371393513-20022006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0><SPAN class=371393513-20022006> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>SpamAssassin Prefs File = /etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=371393513-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>line in MailScanner.conf is now deprecated.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=371393513-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=371393513-20022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Phil</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=371393513-20022006></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2>----<BR>Phil Randal<BR>Network
Engineer<BR>Herefordshire Council<BR>Hereford, UK </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mailscanner-bounces@lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-bounces@lists.mailscanner.info] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Robert Davison<BR><B>Sent:</B> 20 February 2006 13:26<BR><B>To:</B> mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info<BR><B>Subject:</B> spamassassinprefsfile Error<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I'm getting the following error in my maillog.......</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Feb 20 12:04:26 as MailScanner[12190]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.50.15 starting... <BR>Feb 20 12:04:26 as MailScanner[12190]: Syntax error(s) in configuration file: <BR>Feb 20 12:04:26 as MailScanner[12190]: Unrecognised keyword "spamassassinprefsfile" at line 2078! <BR>Feb
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