Mailscanner + spamassassin + clamav package

andrew0401

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

marcelloc

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.

marcelloc

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

marcelloc

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.

andrew0401

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

marcelloc

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.

andrew0401

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

Andrew

marcelloc

no response means no problems ;)

Fmstrat

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

marcelloc

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.

Fmstrat

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

marcelloc

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

Fmstrat

@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

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

Fmstrat

@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

Fmstrat

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

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

Fmstrat

@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

marcelloc

For now, you can check or fill all defaut options. This will generates a very good setup on postfix and mailscanner. Every filed has a default option or a config hint to help.

As these packages are just helpers for sysadmins, I recommend reading postfix and mailscanner official docs/tutorials.

I`m doing this to find usefull options to include in gui.

It will take too long to rewrite postfix/mailscanner docs.

Something sombody can do to help are some tutorials about configuring these services via gui.

Fmstrat

@marcelloc:

Something sombody can do to help are some tutorials about configuring these services via gui.

I would be happy to take this on, I've done a number of tutorials previously. However, since I'm new to PostFix/MailScanner, I may have some questions on specific options to ensure I don't teach others the wrong way to do it :)

Once I get everything set up with the new version, I'll post screenshots of my config if you don't mind, and if it's all good I'll do a video+text/image tutorial.

Thanks,
Ben