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    • I
      Ivart
      last edited by

      Marcelloc, same issue from Zlyzwy, any solution?

      Thanks.

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        expert_az
        last edited by

        Hi Marcelloc,

        any success running mailscanner on amd64 2.1  platform?

        I wrote it before but any answer?

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        • marcellocM
          marcelloc
          last edited by

          I'll check it.

          Sorry for the late response.

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            expert_az
            last edited by

            log was like this

            Sep 26 12:43:56  mailscanner: Process did not exit cleanly, returned 2 with signal 0
            Sep 26 12:44:01  mailscanner: Process did not exit cleanly, returned 2 with signal 0

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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              I've pushed some fixes to the package.

              I'm Still testing/checking clamav startup.

              I've not bumped version yet, so just reinstall the package in 15 minutes.

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                expert_az
                last edited by

                marcelloc it seems ok now,I tested it on my test PF 2.1 amd64

                some new restart logs:

                Nov 12 09:52:18 MailScanner[54679]: Using locktype = flock
                Nov 12 09:52:18 MailScanner[54679]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                Nov 12 09:52:18 MailScanner[54679]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                Nov 12 09:52:18 MailScanner[54679]: I have found clamd scanners installed, and will use them all by default.
                Nov 12 09:52:13 MailScanner[39454]: Using locktype = flock
                Nov 12 09:52:13 MailScanner[39454]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                Nov 12 09:52:13 MailScanner[39454]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                Nov 12 09:52:13 MailScanner[39454]: I have found clamd scanners installed, and will use them all by default.
                Nov 12 09:52:08 MailScanner[29067]: Using locktype = flock
                Nov 12 09:52:08 MailScanner[29067]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                Nov 12 09:52:08 MailScanner[29067]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                Nov 12 09:52:08 MailScanner[29067]: I have found clamd scanners installed, and will use them all by default.
                Nov 12 09:51:10 MailScanner[75549]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-whitelist functionality…
                Nov 12 09:51:10 MailScanner[75549]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
                Nov 12 09:51:10 MailScanner[75549]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
                Nov 12 09:51:09 MailScanner[75549]: Read 5426 hostnames from the phishing blacklists
                Nov 12 09:51:09 MailScanner[75549]: Read 869 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
                Nov 12 09:51:09 MailScanner[75549]: Reading configuration file /usr/pbi/mailscanner-amd64/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                Nov 12 09:51:09 MailScanner[75549]: Reading configuration file /usr/pbi/mailscanner-amd64/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                Nov 12 09:51:09 MailScanner[75549]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.84.5 starting…
                Nov 12 09:51:04 MailScanner[63466]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-whitelist functionality…
                Nov 12 09:51:04 MailScanner[63466]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
                Nov 12 09:51:04 MailScanner[63466]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
                Nov 12 09:51:04 MailScanner[63466]: Read 5426 hostnames from the phishing blacklists
                Nov 12 09:51:04 MailScanner[63466]: Read 869 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
                Nov 12 09:51:04 MailScanner[63466]: Reading configuration file /usr/pbi/mailscanner-amd64/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                Nov 12 09:51:04 MailScanner[63466]: Reading configuration file /usr/pbi/mailscanner-amd64/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                Nov 12 09:51:04 MailScanner[63466]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.84.5 starting…
                Nov 12 09:50:59 MailScanner[54679]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-whitelist functionality…
                Nov 12 09:50:59 MailScanner[54679]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
                Nov 12 09:50:59 MailScanner[54679]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
                Nov 12 09:50:59 MailScanner[54679]: Read 5426 hostnames from the phishing blacklists
                Nov 12 09:50:59 MailScanner[54679]: Read 869 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
                Nov 12 09:50:59 MailScanner[54679]: Reading configuration file /usr/pbi/mailscanner-amd64/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                Nov 12 09:50:59 MailScanner[54679]: Reading configuration file /usr/pbi/mailscanner-amd64/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                Nov 12 09:50:59 MailScanner[54679]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.84.5 starting…
                Nov 12 09:50:54 MailScanner[39454]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-whitelist functionality…
                Nov 12 09:50:54 MailScanner[39454]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
                Nov 12 09:50:54 MailScanner[39454]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
                Nov 12 09:50:54 MailScanner[39454]: Read 5426 hostnames from the phishing blacklists
                Nov 12 09:50:54 MailScanner[39454]: Read 869 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
                Nov 12 09:50:54 MailScanner[39454]: Reading configuration file /usr/pbi/mailscanner-amd64/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                Nov 12 09:50:54 MailScanner[39454]: Reading configuration file /usr/pbi/mailscanner-amd64/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                Nov 12 09:50:54 MailScanner[39454]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.84.5 starting…
                Nov 12 09:50:49 MailScanner[29067]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-whitelist functionality…
                Nov 12 09:50:49 MailScanner[29067]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
                Nov 12 09:50:49 MailScanner[29067]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
                Nov 12 09:50:49 MailScanner[29067]: Read 5426 hostnames from the phishing blacklists
                Nov 12 09:50:49 MailScanner[29067]: Read 869 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
                Nov 12 09:50:49 MailScanner[29067]: Reading configuration file /usr/pbi/mailscanner-amd64/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                Nov 12 09:50:49 MailScanner[29067]: Reading configuration file /usr/pbi/mailscanner-amd64/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                Nov 12 09:50:49 MailScanner[29067]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.84.5 starting…
                Nov 12 09:50:45 MailScanner[79786]: MailScanner child caught a SIGHUP
                Nov 12 09:50:45 MailScanner[10068]: MailScanner child caught a SIGHUP
                Nov 12 09:50:45 MailScanner[94107]: MailScanner child caught a SIGHUP
                Nov 12 09:50:45 MailScanner[9153]: MailScanner child caught a SIGHUP
                Nov 12 09:50:45 MailScanner[86355]: MailScanner child caught a SIGHUP
                Nov 12 09:50:45 php: /pkg_edit.php: Restarting MailScanner
                Nov 12 09:50:33 php: /pkg_edit.php: Restarting clamav-clamd daemon
                Nov 12 09:50:33 check_reload_status: Syncing firewall

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                • marcellocM
                  marcelloc
                  last edited by

                  Great! :)

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                    Guest
                    last edited by

                    Thanks marcelloc,
                    Can you write a mini how-to for mailscanner package?

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                      Ivart
                      last edited by

                      Thanks marcelloc, service status is ok but the clamd error is the same:

                      
Nov 14 11:56:24 treknetgw MailScanner[73800]: Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
Nov 14 11:56:24 treknetgw MailScanner[73800]: Clamd::ERROR:: UNKNOWN CLAMD RETURN ./lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR :: /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/73800
Nov 14 11:56:24 treknetgw MailScanner[73800]: Virus Scanning: Clamd found 1 infections
Nov 14 11:56:24 treknetgw MailScanner[73800]: Virus Scanning: Found 1 viruses
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                      • marcellocM
                        marcelloc
                        last edited by

                        @Ivart:

                        but the clamd error is the same:

                        Still checking it…

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                        • marcellocM
                          marcelloc
                          last edited by

                          @Amirkabir:

                          Can you write a mini how-to for mailscanner package?

                          Configure package from left to right. All default options are in (yes/no)

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                            Guest
                            last edited by

                            Do i need to install postfix?

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                              Ivart
                              last edited by

                              Yes. Install Postfix and then MailScanner, enable MailScanner in Antispam section of Postfix, Third part Antispam Settings.

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                                m.mascheroni
                                last edited by

                                I have 2 question about this package.

                                First of all i have installed it on a PFsense 2.1 appliance and it works perfectly, the mails flow without problem to a frakking Exchange 2007 Server.

                                My questions are:

                                1. how can modify the mail subject adding [SPAM] if the mail get  > 5 spam points?

                                2. how can i setup a whitelist and blacklist based on mail address, maybe with wildcards for example *@contoso.com ?

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                                  expert_az
                                  last edited by

                                  hello marcelloc,I installed PF2.1 amd64 on new box with postfix and mailscanner.

                                  everything running well,but i'm getting some warning messages from postfix and maillscanner,is it normal?

                                  mailscanner warning:

                                  Nov 18 16:16:33 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.84.5 starting…
                                  Nov 18 16:16:33 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: Reading configuration file /usr/pbi/mailscanner-amd64/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
                                  Nov 18 16:16:33 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: Reading configuration file /usr/pbi/mailscanner-amd64/etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
                                  Nov 18 16:16:33 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: Read 869 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
                                  Nov 18 16:16:33 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: Read 5426 hostnames from the phishing blacklists
                                  Nov 18 16:16:33 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: User's home directory /home/postfix does not exist
                                  Nov 18 16:16:33 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: User's home directory /home/postfix is not writable
                                  Nov 18 16:16:33 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: You need to set the "SpamAssassin User State Dir" to a directory that the "Run As User" can write to
                                  Nov 18 16:16:33 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
                                  Nov 18 16:16:33 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
                                  Nov 18 16:16:33 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-whitelist functionality…
                                  Nov 18 16:18:48 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: I have found clamd scanners installed, and will use them all by default.
                                  Nov 18 16:18:48 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: Connected to Processing Attempts Database
                                  Nov 18 16:18:48 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: Found 0 messages in the Processing Attempts Database
                                  Nov 18 16:18:48 mx01 MailScanner[94836]: Using locktype = flock

                                  postfix warning:

                                  Nov 16 14:02:39        php: rc.start_packages: Postfix setup completed
                                  Nov 16 14:02:39        php: rc.start_packages: Reloading/starting postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:37        php: rc.start_packages: Writing rc_file
                                  Nov 16 14:02:35        php: rc.start_packages: Writing out configuration
                                  Nov 16 14:02:35        php: rc.start_packages: The command '/usr/local/sbin/postfix reload' returned exit code '1', the output was ''
                                  Nov 16 14:02:35        postfix/postfix-script[94694]: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
                                  Nov 16 14:02:35        syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel
                                  Nov 16 14:02:35        syslogd: exiting on signal 15
                                  Nov 16 14:02:33        php: rc.start_packages: sync_package_postfix called with via_rpc=no
                                  Nov 16 14:02:33        php: rc.start_packages: Postfix setup completed
                                  Nov 16 14:02:33        postfix/postfix-script[69449]: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
                                  Nov 16 14:02:33        php: rc.start_packages: Reloading/starting postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:31        php: rc.start_packages: Writing rc_file
                                  Nov 16 14:02:31        php: rc.start_packages: The command '/usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/sbin/postmap /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/transport' returned exit code '1', the output was 'postmap: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix'
                                  Nov 16 14:02:30        php: rc.start_packages: Starting MailScanner
                                  Nov 16 14:02:29        php: rc.start_packages: Starting clamav-clamd daemon
                                  Nov 16 14:02:29        postfix/postmap[38866]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:27        php: rc.start_packages: Writing out configuration
                                  Nov 16 14:02:27        php: rc.start_packages: The command '/usr/local/sbin/postfix reload' returned exit code '1', the output was ''
                                  Nov 16 14:02:25        postfix[38215]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:25        postfix[38032]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:24        php: rc.start_packages: Postfix setup completed
                                  Nov 16 14:02:23        postfix/postmap[23753]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:23        syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel
                                  Nov 16 14:02:23        syslogd: exiting on signal 15
                                  Nov 16 14:02:23        check_reload_status: Syncing firewall
                                  Nov 16 14:02:23        postfix[20523]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:23        php: rc.start_packages: sync_package_postfix called with via_rpc=no
                                  Nov 16 14:02:23        php: rc.start_packages: Postfix setup completed
                                  Nov 16 14:02:23        postfix[19402]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:23        php: rc.start_packages: Reloading/starting postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:21        postfix[98592]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:21        php: rc.start_packages: Reloading/starting postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:21        php: rc.start_packages: Writing rc_file
                                  Nov 16 14:02:21        postfix/sendmail[97436]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:21        php: rc.start_packages: The command '/usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/sbin/postmap /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/sender_access' returned exit code '1', the output was 'postmap: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix'
                                  Nov 16 14:02:19        php: rc.start_packages: Writing rc_file
                                  Nov 16 14:02:19        postfix/sendmail[85730]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:19        php: rc.start_packages: The command '/usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/sbin/postmap /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/sender_access' returned exit code '1', the output was 'postmap: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix'
                                  Nov 16 14:02:19        postfix/postmap[85628]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:19        php: rc.start_packages: The command '/usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/sbin/postmap /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/transport' returned exit code '1', the output was 'postmap: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix'
                                  Nov 16 14:02:18        postfix/postmap[72952]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:17        postfix/postmap[72943]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:15        php: rc.start_packages: The command '/usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/sbin/postmap /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/transport' returned exit code '1', the output was 'postmap: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix'
                                  Nov 16 14:02:15        php: rc.start_packages: Writing out configuration
                                  Nov 16 14:02:15        php: rc.start_packages: The command '/usr/local/sbin/postfix reload' returned exit code '1', the output was ''
                                  Nov 16 14:02:14        postfix/postmap[45331]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:13        postfix[45533]: fatal: file /usr/pbi/postfix-amd64/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix
                                  Nov 16 14:02:11        php: rc.start_packages: Writing out configuration
                                  Nov 16 14:02:11        php: rc.start_packages: The command '/usr/local/sbin/postfix reload' returned exit code '1', the output was ''

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                                  • marcellocM
                                    marcelloc
                                    last edited by

                                    @expert_az:

                                    is it normal?

                                    Does your postfix log errors stopped on Nov 16 or still alerting?

                                    I'll check mailscanner user errors.

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                                      m.mascheroni
                                      last edited by

                                      @m.mascheroni:

                                      I have 2 question about this package.

                                      First of all i have installed it on a PFsense 2.1 appliance and it works perfectly, the mails flow without problem to a frakking Exchange 2007 Server.

                                      My questions are:

                                      1. how can modify the mail subject adding [SPAM] if the mail get  > 5 spam points?

                                      2. how can i setup a whitelist and blacklist based on mail address, maybe with wildcards for example *@contoso.com ?

                                      Any idea how to do this?
                                      Plus i would like to know if is there a method, a service or even a specific log file to check mailscanner activity.

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                                      • marcellocM
                                        marcelloc
                                        last edited by

                                        @m.mascheroni:

                                        Any idea how to do this?

                                        IIRC, just select send action on antispam tab.

                                        @m.mascheroni:

                                        Plus i would like to know if is there a method, a service or even a specific log file to check mailscanner activity.

                                        it's on postfix log(/var/log/maillog).

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                                          m.mascheroni
                                          last edited by

                                          Well, probably mailscanner was not active, i believe that change in Postfix Forwarder settings  "Message Hold mode" from auto to manual acl and setting headers with /^from:/ HOLD did the trick.

                                          Now all spam emails are tagged with [SPAM?] prefix or [Disarmed] prefix. Now it's perfect.

                                          From previous posts on this thread i've found out that is better to set the log to /var/log/maillog, now it's easier to check postfix and mailscanner activity with a simple tail command.

                                          Thank you for your time and for your precious work.

                                          I still need to figure out how to setup a local whitelist.

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                                          • marcellocM
                                            marcelloc
                                            last edited by

                                            @m.mascheroni:

                                            I still need to figure out how to setup a local whitelist.

                                            On postifix acls and/or on mailscanner spam.assassin.prefs.conf gui field

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