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      darklogic
      last edited by

      Question marcelloc?

      Do you have to install the mailscanner dev package for the mailscanner function to work in postfix? Or is mailscanner included in the new version you just released?

      Thanks,

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      • marcellocM
        marcelloc
        last edited by

        Need both.

        Check your perl version before install.

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          andrew0401
          last edited by

          Been having a quick play and a few problems surfaced.

          Access to /user/spool/MailScanner/incoming generates permission errors unless changed to 0777.

          Even after changing the permissions mailscanner still shows as stoped in Status:services - do a restart no error messages in system log - just will not start the package.

          Can I confirm if there is a particular install sequence?  I did postfix, havp and the mailscanner - all of this is on 2.0 rel x86 running under ESXi 5.0

          Andrew

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          • marcellocM
            marcelloc
            last edited by

            I set owner and run user to postfix, it's not happening here. I will try to simulate this on vm.

            As hapv also uses clamav, i would install postfix, then mailscanner, then any other package.

            Run sa-update at console to see if there is no spamassassin dependencies problem.

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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              Even after changing the permissions mailscanner still shows as stoped in Status:services

              check in console, I did not finished services:status check option.

              I did this install sequence:

              • postfix

              • mailscanner

              • havp

              I got services running
              8148  ??  S      0:00.47 MailScanner: waiting for messages (perl5.10.1)
              8155  ??  S      0:00.48 MailScanner: waiting for messages (perl5.10.1)
              8344  ??  S      0:00.47 MailScanner: waiting for messages (perl5.10.1)
              8660  ??  S      0:00.50 MailScanner: waiting for messages (perl5.10.1)
              8851  ??  S      0:00.51 MailScanner: waiting for messages (perl5.10.1)
              9155  ??  S      0:00.47 MailScanner: waiting for messages (perl5.10.1)

              right permissions on folders
              drwxr-xr-x  124 postfix  wheel  2048 Dec  6 12:32 incoming
              drwxr-xr-x    2 postfix  wheel  512 Dec  6 12:16 quarantine

              and no alerts at log
              Dec  6 12:33:29 pfsense MailScanner[12543]: Using locktype = flock
              Dec  6 12:33:34 pfsense MailScanner[12644]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
              Dec  6 12:33:34 pfsense MailScanner[12644]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
              Dec  6 12:33:34 pfsense MailScanner[12644]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
              Dec  6 12:33:34 pfsense MailScanner[12644]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
              Dec  6 12:33:34 pfsense MailScanner[12644]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
              Dec  6 12:33:34 pfsense MailScanner[12644]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-whitelist functionality…
              Dec  6 12:33:35 pfsense MailScanner[12644]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
              Dec  6 12:33:35 pfsense MailScanner[12644]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database

              one minor issue with spamassassin –lint command
              Dec  6 12:36:11.468 [56598] warn: config: failed to parse line, skipping, in "/usr/local/etc/mail/spamassassin/mailscanner.cf": use_auto_whitelist 0
              Dec  6 12:36:13.112 [56598] warn: lint: 1 issues detected, please rerun with debug enabled for more information

              comment  'use_auto_whitelist 0'  in services->mailscanner->antispam->spam.assassin.prefs.conf
              save config and then test spamassassin –lint again

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              • marcellocM
                marcelloc
                last edited by

                To improve performance on your mailscanner filter, you need to install pfsense with a separated /var partition and enable soft-updates on it during install.

                The size of this partition depends on your mail volume I suggest at least 10G.

                without soft-updates it will have a 'not so good performance'.

                I've tried some rc.d scripts to change / to soft-updates with no luck, so it's better and well supported to do this during install.

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                  andrew0401
                  last edited by

                  Well I reinstalled in your suggested sequence but still the mailscanner service is shown as stopped in pfsense - been though log and do not see anything unusual - but perhaps you can.

                  Dec 7 13:04:02 dnsmasq[45564]: nameserver 192.168.80.208 refused to do a recursive query
                  Dec 7 13:04:02 dnsmasq[45564]: nameserver 192.168.80.208 refused to do a recursive query
                  Dec 7 13:04:01 dnsmasq[45564]: ignoring nameserver 127.0.0.1 - local interface
                  Dec 7 13:04:01 dnsmasq[45564]: ignoring nameserver 127.0.0.1 - local interface
                  Dec 7 13:04:01 dnsmasq[45564]: using nameserver 192.168.80.217#53
                  Dec 7 13:04:01 dnsmasq[45564]: using nameserver 192.168.80.203#53
                  Dec 7 13:04:01 dnsmasq[45564]: using nameserver 192.168.80.208#53
                  Dec 7 13:04:01 dnsmasq[45564]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[37853]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[37853]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[37853]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[37853]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[37853]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[37853]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35964]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35964]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35964]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35964]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35964]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35681]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35964]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35681]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35681]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35681]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35681]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35681]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35496]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35496]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:06 MailScanner[35496]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35496]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35496]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35496]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35335]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35335]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35335]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35335]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35335]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35335]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35114]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35114]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35114]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35114]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35114]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[35114]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[34953]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[34953]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[34953]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[34953]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[34953]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[34953]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[25890]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[25890]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:05 MailScanner[25890]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:04 MailScanner[25890]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:04 MailScanner[25890]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:04 MailScanner[25890]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:04 MailScanner[24398]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:04 MailScanner[24398]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:04 MailScanner[24398]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:04 MailScanner[24398]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:04 MailScanner[24398]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:04 MailScanner[24398]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[21195]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20935]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20595]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20517]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[21195]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[21195]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[21195]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[21195]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[21195]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20935]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20935]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20595]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20595]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20935]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20935]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20935]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20595]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20595]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20595]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20517]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:01 MailScanner[20517]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[20517]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[20517]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[20517]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18685]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[19074]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18685]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[19074]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18685]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[19074]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[19074]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[19074]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18872]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[19074]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18872]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18872]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18872]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18872]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18872]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18685]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18685]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18685]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18664]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18664]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:53:00 MailScanner[18664]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:59 MailScanner[18664]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:59 MailScanner[18664]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:59 MailScanner[18664]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:59 check_reload_status: Reloading filter
                  Dec 7 12:52:59 MailScanner[17839]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:59 MailScanner[17839]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:59 MailScanner[17839]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:59 MailScanner[17839]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:59 MailScanner[17839]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:59 MailScanner[17839]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:57 php: : IPSEC: One or more IPsec tunnel endpoints has changed its IP. Refreshing.
                  Dec 7 12:52:57 sshlockout[10168]: sshlockout/webConfigurator v3.0 starting up
                  Dec 7 12:52:57 login: login on ttyv0 as root
                  Dec 7 12:52:57 postfix/postfix-script[9849]: fatal: the Postfix mail system is already running
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[3064]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[3064]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[3064]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[3064]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[3064]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[3064]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[3022]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[2774]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[2430]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[3022]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[3022]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[3022]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[2774]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[2774]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[3022]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[3022]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[2774]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[2774]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:56 MailScanner[2774]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2430]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2430]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2430]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2430]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2430]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[1919]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2358]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2088]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[1919]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[1919]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2358]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2358]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2088]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2358]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2358]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2358]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2088]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2088]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2088]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[2088]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[1919]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[1919]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[1919]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[1667]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[1667]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:55 MailScanner[1667]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:54 MailScanner[1667]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:54 MailScanner[1667]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:54 MailScanner[1667]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:54 MailScanner[1406]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:54 MailScanner[1406]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:54 MailScanner[1406]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:54 MailScanner[1406]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:54 MailScanner[1406]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:54 MailScanner[1406]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[1155]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[1155]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[1155]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[594]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[63421]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[63787]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[63421]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[1155]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[63421]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[1155]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[594]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[1155]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[594]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[63787]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[63787]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[60548]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[594]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[594]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[594]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[63787]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[63421]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[60548]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[60548]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[63787]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[63421]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[58115]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[59028]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[63787]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[63421]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[59028]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:51 MailScanner[59028]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[58115]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[58115]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 check_reload_status: Syncing firewall
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[60548]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[60548]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[60548]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[58115]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[59028]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[59028]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[58115]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[59028]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[58115]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[56192]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[57547]: Using locktype = flock
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[56192]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[57547]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[56192]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[57547]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[56192]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:50 MailScanner[57547]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                  Dec 7 12:52:49 MailScanner[56192]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:49 MailScanner[57547]: Reading configuration file /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                  Dec 7 12:52:49 MailScanner[57547]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:49 MailScanner[56192]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.81.4 starting…
                  Dec 7 12:52:48 check_reload_status: Syncing firewall
                  Dec 7 12:52:48 php: : Starting HAVP
                  Dec 7 12:52:47 php: : Antivirus: Username 'havp' was added.
                  Dec 7 12:52:44 php: : Reload mailscanner
                  Dec 7 12:52:44 php: : Reload mailscanner
                  Dec 7 12:52:44 php: : Reload mailscanner
                  Dec 7 12:52:44 php: : Reload mailscanner
                  Dec 7 12:52:44 php: : Reload mailscanner
                  Dec 7 12:52:44 php: : Reload mailscanner
                  Dec 7 12:52:44 php: : Reload mailscanner
                  Dec 7 12:52:44 php: : Reload mailscanner
                  Dec 7 12:52:44 php: : Reload mailscanner
                  Dec 7 12:52:42 postfix/master[53314]: reload – version 2.8.5, configuration /usr/local/etc/postfix
                  Dec 7 12:52:42 php: : Postfix setup completed
                  Dec 7 12:52:42 postfix/postfix-script[19732]: refreshing the Postfix mail system
                  Dec 7 12:52:42 php: : Reloading/starting postfix
                  Dec 7 12:52:41 php: : Writing rc_file
                  Dec 7 12:52:39 php: : Writing out configuration
                  Dec 7 12:52:39 syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel
                  Dec 7 12:52:39 syslogd: exiting on signal 15
                  Dec 7 12:52:39 check_reload_status: Syncing firewall
                  Dec 7 12:52:39 postfix/master[53314]: reload – version 2.8.5, configuration /usr/local/etc/postfix
                  Dec 7 12:52:39 php: : Postfix setup completed
                  Dec 7 12:52:39 postfix/postfix-script[13070]: refreshing the Postfix mail system
                  Dec 7 12:52:39 php: : Reloading/starting postfix
                  Dec 7 12:52:38 php: : Writing rc_file
                  Dec 7 12:52:36 php: : Writing out configuration

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                  • marcellocM
                    marcelloc
                    last edited by

                    it's running.

                    go to console or ssh and do a ps ax | grep -i mailscanner

                    also check if spamassassin is ok with spamassassin –lint.

                    to update spamassassin rules, run sa-update
                    to update clamav virus definitions, run freshclam

                    As i told you, id did not finished mailscanner process check in status services.

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                      andrew0401
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                      Sorry - missed the point about services - mailscanner does seem to be running but no response from other commands.

                      Andrew

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                      • marcellocM
                        marcelloc
                        last edited by

                        no response means no problems  ;)

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                          Fmstrat
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                          Is there a HOWTO for mailscanner in PFSense? I'm setting up an exchange server behind a PFSense firewall (both virtualized) and would like to use the PFSense VM to filter out some of the garbage before it makes it to the Exchange server. I've used SpamAssassin before, but never MailScanner, and it's been a loooonnnnggg time. :)

                          I had considered running a separate Untangle VM until I saw this in the packages list.

                          Thanks!
                          Ben

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                          • marcellocM
                            marcelloc
                            last edited by

                            The first combat is done in postfix package(more then 80% of spam is killed there).

                            All mailscanner default options are in gui.

                            Take a look.

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                              Fmstrat
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                              Thanks. To be a little more clear in my question, what do I need to do from a prerequisit standpoint? Do I need to manually install a new version of perl? Do I need to install the Postfix package first? Or will the mailscanner-dev package do all this for me?

                              Thanks,
                              Ben

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                              • marcellocM
                                marcelloc
                                last edited by

                                If you do not have any perl version installed on your box, just install postfix and then mailscanner.

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                                  Fmstrat
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                                  @marcelloc:

                                  If you do not have any perl version installed on your box, just install postfix and then mailscanner.

                                  Perfect, thanks!

                                  EDIT
                                  Actually, I do have one further question. As this will be much more processor intensive than just routing traffic, what minimum specs would you recommend? I'm currently running it as a single chip single-core VM with 1G ram on an i7-920.
                                  I'm thinking this will be enough, but was considering upping it to a dual core to be safe.

                                  Thanks,
                                  Ben

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                                  • marcellocM
                                    marcelloc
                                    last edited by

                                    It only depends on your mail traffic.

                                    I suggest you to read this topic about disc performance for a better setup

                                    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,43737.msg226507.html#msg226507

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                                      Fmstrat
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                                      @marcelloc:

                                      It only depends on your mail traffic.

                                      I suggest you to read this topic about disc performance for a better setup

                                      http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,43737.msg226507.html#msg226507

                                      Again, thanks. I will probably set up a RAMDisk for cache, since I've got 18GB in there and space for 24GB, should be a-plenty. :)

                                      Thanks,
                                      Ben

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                                        Fmstrat
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                                        Hi,

                                        One final question. What if I have to run perl-5.12.4? I'm running in a VM and VMware Tools requires it. Can I have both installed?

                                        Thanks,
                                        Ben

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                                        • marcellocM
                                          marcelloc
                                          last edited by

                                          Maybe it will not work, perl modules will be installed on 5.12 and mailscanner will look for it on 5.10.

                                          I'm trying to compile mailscanner latest version 4.83 in a vm with perl 5.12.

                                          If you can, wait some time until I finish these tests. Any mailscanner version change needs a full config check(500 options).

                                          If tests go fine, I'll publish package version 0.2

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                                            Fmstrat
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                                            @marcelloc:

                                            Maybe it will not work, perl modules will be installed on 5.12 and mailscanner will look for it on 5.10.

                                            I'm trying to compile mailscanner latest version 4.83 in a vm with perl 5.12.

                                            If you can, wait some time until I finish these tests. Any mailscanner version change needs a full config check(500 options).

                                            If tests go fine, I'll publish package version 0.2

                                            Sounds good, thanks! I'm going to guess there is no "you must change these settings but can leave everything else default" list anywhere, is there? I've been reading over PostFix/mailscanner documentation but didn't know if there were any reccos.

                                            Thanks again,
                                            Ben

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