<div dir="ltr"><div>I suggest use centos not something with a very small lifespan and bleeding edge like Fedora<br><br></div>Also try running in debug mode and you dont say which MTA you are trying to use and how you installed (rpm, generic tar file..)<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>-- <br>Martin Hepworth, CISSP<br>Oxford, UK</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 April 2013 18:55, Quintin Giesbrecht <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:q@snj.ca" target="_blank">q@snj.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have searched the archives, googled, etc…I cannot find a solution to this, so if someone has already asked/solved this, please kindly point me to the artice or post. Thanks!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was a long time user of Mailscanner until about a year ago, when my firm bought an appliance – which I have grown to HATE (in respect to spam/anti-virus)…so, I am trying to setup a new MailScanner machine…</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am getting an error when starting MailScanner. >From the logs:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Apr 8 12:40:57 localhost systemd[1]: Starting SYSV: MailScanner is an open-source E-Mail Gateway Virus Scanner....</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apr 8 12:40:58 localhost MailScanner[1906]: Starting MailScanner daemons:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apr 8 12:40:58 localhost MailScanner[1906]: incoming sendmail: [ OK ]</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apr 8 12:40:58 localhost MailScanner[1906]: outgoing sendmail: [ OK ]</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apr 8 12:40:59 localhost MailScanner[1906]: MailScanner: [ OK ]</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apr 8 12:40:59 localhost systemd[1]: PID file /var/run/MailScanner.pid not readable (yet?) after start.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apr 8 12:42:15 localhost systemd[1]: MailScanner.service never wrote its PID file. Failing.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apr 8 12:42:15 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start SYSV: MailScanner is an open-source E-Mail Gateway Virus Scanner..</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apr 8 12:42:15 localhost systemd[1]: Unit MailScanner.service entered failed state</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apr 8 12:45:16 localhost chronyd[675]: Selected source 198.100.149.6</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is failing to write the PID file. Anyone run into this? Any ideas as to the issue, or how to solve? If you need more info, please ask.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks so much for any help.</p>
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