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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Have you tried - <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Maximum Processing Attempts = 0 # to disable the rule.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I did this a few years ago as I got these problems. I’ve never looked back. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I used to have to cd /var/db/clamav && rm * && freshclam (then download any extra sigs). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It was such an annoyance and I never found the problem. Obviously clamd wasn’t liking something, but I used so many extra sigs I couldn’t narrow it down. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> MailScanner [mailto:mailscanner-bounces+richard=fastnet.co.uk@lists.mailscanner.info] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Valentin Laskov<br><b>Sent:</b> 08 March 2016 13:08<br><b>To:</b> MailScanner Discussion <mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Denial Of Service Attack Messages<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Sometimes this occurs just after updating clamav signatures while clamd reloads new signatures.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>На 08.03.2016 в 14:53, Andrew Southgate написа:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Its random and sporadic for me, but I havent had it occur in the last week so I dont have logs for it.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>That script gave everything an OK for me, and which timeout is it in MailScanner.conf, the SpamAssassin one?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>SpamAssassin Timeout = 75</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> MailScanner [<a href="mailto:mailscanner-bounces+andy=z00b.com@lists.mailscanner.info">mailto:mailscanner-bounces+andy=z00b.com@lists.mailscanner.info</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jerry Benton<br><b>Sent:</b> 08 March 2016 12:19<br><b>To:</b> MailScanner Discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Denial Of Service Attack Messages</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Andrew.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Could those people seeing this error please check your Perl modules using this script:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://github.com/MailScanner/v4/blob/master/check_modules.sh">https://github.com/MailScanner/v4/blob/master/check_modules.sh</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Also make sure your timeout settings in MailScanner.conf are not too short. I cannot remember if I reduced the defaults in MailScanner.conf. I will have to review the changes. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Also please check your logs for as much information as possible and send it to the list. Please try to filter out the important parts and send only that information. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br>-</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Jerry Benton</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.mailborder.com">www.mailborder.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 8, 2016, at 6:54 AM, Andrew Southgate <<a href="mailto:andy@z00b.com">andy@z00b.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I'm getting it on 4.85.2-3</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>MailScanner [<a href="mailto:mailscanner-bounces+andy=z00b.com@lists.mailscanner.info">mailto:mailscanner-bounces+andy=z00b.com@lists.mailscanner.info</a>]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Jerry Benton<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>08 March 2016 11:50<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>MailScanner Discussion<br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: Denial Of Service Attack Messages</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Just so everyone knows, 4.86.1 is not released. It is beta. It looks like I need to go back through the changes made between the two versions unless someone is seeing this in 4.85.2-3.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br>-</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Jerry Benton</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:purple'><a href="http://www.mailborder.com">www.mailborder.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 7, 2016, at 12:21 PM, Steven Jardine <<span style='color:purple'><a href="mailto:steve@mjnservices.com">steve@mjnservices.com</a></span>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Yes. I recently upgraded to 4.86.1-1 and the install log shows:<br><br>HTML::Parser => OK<br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 03/07/2016 10:19 AM, Jerry Benton wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>is the HTML parser installed?<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jerry Benton<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:purple'><a href="http://www.mailborder.com">www.mailborder.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Mar 7, 2016, at 11:25, Steven Jardine <<a href="mailto:steve@mjnservices.com"><span style='color:purple'>steve@mjnservices.com</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.65pt;background:white;box-sizing:
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initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>I upgraded MailScanner several months ago to v4.85.2-3 and now v4.86.1-1. Often I am getting the error message:</span><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 3.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 11.0pt;margin-left:0cm;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;box-sizing:
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0px;word-spacing:0px'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.65pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#777777'>MailScanner was attacked by a Denial Of Service attack, and has therefore deleted this part of the message. Please contact your e-mail providers for more information if you need it, giving them the whole of this report. Attack in: /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/20499/u27Em5eK000564/nmsg-20499-47.html</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.65pt;background:white;box-sizing:
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initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The file reported in the attack is not there so I am unable to to any troubleshooting.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.65pt;background:white;box-sizing:
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initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>I am using a OpenVZ container with Ubuntu 14.04 - 6 CPUs and 12GB RAM. The messages are causing problems with valid mail messages both incoming and outgoing.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.65pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Is there a way to disable this feature? Any ideas on how to suppress these messages?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.65pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'><br>Thanks!<br>Steve</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:gray'>IMPORTANT:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:gray'> </span></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:gray'>This email does not constitute a contract or an offer or acceptance of an offer to enter into a contract. Further, this email may not be used to modify, supplement, novate, or waive any rights with respect to an existing contract or other binding commercial terms.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>--<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>MailScanner mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info"><span style='color:purple'>mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info</span></a><br><a href="http://lists.mailscanner.info/listinfo/mailscanner"><span style='color:purple'>http://lists.mailscanner.info/listinfo/mailscanner</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:gray'>IMPORTANT:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:gray'> </span></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:gray'>This email does not constitute a contract or an offer or acceptance of an offer to enter into a contract. Further, this email may not be used to modify, supplement, novate, or waive any rights with respect to an existing contract or other binding commercial terms.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>--<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>MailScanner mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info"><span style='color:purple'>mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info</span></a><br><a href="http://lists.mailscanner.info/listinfo/mailscanner"><span style='color:purple'>http://lists.mailscanner.info/listinfo/mailscanner</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><br><br>--<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>MailScanner mailing list<br></span><a href="mailto:mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:purple'>mailscanner@lists.mailscanner.info</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><br></span><a href="http://lists.mailscanner.info/listinfo/mailscanner"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:purple'>http://lists.mailscanner.info/listinfo/mailscanner</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Поздрави!<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Валентин Ласков<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Отговорник КИПО<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>"Феста Холдинг" АД<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>бул. "Вл. Варненчик" 48<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>9000 гр. Варна<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>тел.: +359 52 669137<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>GSM: +359 888 669137<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Fax: +359 52 669110<o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>