After installing MailScanner can`t send/receive mails

Don't know what script you used to install MS. Best bet is to contact Chirpy on this forum.

 

If you installed using my installer script, you should check in /var/log/maillog for MailScanner errors. Feel free to contact me off-forum for help.

 

In the install directory that is created using the hostinglife info is an uninstall script. Run that to remove MailScanner.

 

Ugh, that tutorial should be taken down - it is very much out of date

 

No more emails after install

I installed MailScanner and ClamAV to the exact directions posted at http://www.configserver.com/free/mailscanner.html and when watching tailing the log files i saw my pop authenticatsions and when I sent test mails from my ISP and Gmail, I saw them hit the server but no mail was coming through at all.

Uninstalled mail scanner and re-instated all my old settings and everything came in for delivery.

Cpanel has ClamAV now as an option in WHM. Can this work instead? Also if I have installed ClamAV manually, how do I uninstall it without a script?

Thanks,

Brad

 

You can clean your server of ClamAV with:

Code:

killall clamd

/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/bin/clam*
/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/sbin/clam*
/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/lib/libclam*
/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/share/clam*
/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/include/clam*
/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/bin/freshclam*
/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/etc/clamav*

/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/bin/clam*
/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/sbin/clam*
/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/lib/libclam*
/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/share/clam*
/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/include/clam*
/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/bin/freshclam*
/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/etc/clamav*

I can assure you that the directions on th sit for installing MailScanner are correct, though they cannot cater for every single environment. Whenever I've seen it not work, it's been down to a problem with the perl installation. Could have helped you out if asked

The Clamavconnector in WHM Add-ons does indeed provide for virus scanning of emails.