HOWTO: Upgrade layer1 MailScanner

[chirpy]

It's probably a bug in the distribution (they didn't upgrade the version number correctly). It wouldn't have anything to do with how you upgraded

 

[stryka]

hmm... not able to execute the UPGRADE file... just shows me some syntax info and instructions concerning a TAR or RPM..

Did i miss a step?

here's what I can't execute...

upgrade_MailScanner_conf MailScanner.conf MailScanner.conf.new > MailScanner.new

also getting the following errors:

/usr/mailscanner/etc/reports/en/languages.conf
Apr 3 23:00:47 server145 MailScanner[24273]: Looked up unknown string mailscanner in language translation file /usr/mailscanner/etc/reports/en/languages.conf

 

[chirpy]

I just went through the whole process myself again, using my own HOWTO and it worked OK

hmm... not able to execute the UPGRADE file... just shows me some syntax info and instructions concerning a TAR or RPM..

Did i miss a step?

I would guess so. You have to be carefull not to cut&paste more than a line at a time from the HOWTO as there are often questions asked. Onc answered, any subsequent pastes from the same batch are lost.

/usr/mailscanner/etc/reports/en/languages.conf
Apr 3 23:00:47 server145 MailScanner[24273]: Looked up unknown string mailscanner in language translation file /usr/mailscanner/etc/reports/en/languages.conf

Have a look for /usr/mailscanner/etc/reports/en/languages.conf.new and rename it to /usr/mailscanner/etc/reports/en/languages.conf

 

[perlchild]

I'm thrilled by how well this worked for me!

 

[chirpy]

I'm glad to help I'll try and keep this up to date as new MailScanner updates are released.

 

[netcom]

When i start MailScanner i receive the following error:

: Could not read Custom Functions directory /opt/MailScanner/lib/MailScanner/CustomFunctions

Could anybody help me, please?

 

[chirpy]

It's mentioned in the HOWTO:

"At this point you should edit MailScanner.conf and make any modifications that you want to new settings added by the upgrade.

In particular, search the file for "Custom Functions Dir" and change the value from /opt/MailScanner/blah to /usr/mailscanner/blah"

 

[netcom]

Thanks for your reply, chirpy.

I looked for /opt/MailScanner in MailScanner.conf but I didn't find lines with this path??

 

[chirpy]

If you look in MailScanner.conf again, what is the full line that contains this line start contain:

Custom Functions Dir

 

[netcom]

I had a look another time but I didn't find this line.
Could you tell me how this line is shown in config file?

 

[foxboy]

i have the same problem. heeeeeeeeeeeelp :P

 

[chirpy]

I'm afraid I don't know. I can only guess that you missed out a step. I would suggest backing it off and trying again:

mv mailscanner mailscanner.duff
mv mailscanner.old mailscanner

Then start again.

 

[foxboy]

can you copy the line that sets the custom functions directory for me?

 

[chirpy]

Certainly, from /usr/mailscanner/etc/MailScanner.conf:

Custom Functions Dir = /usr/mailscanner/lib/MailScanner/CustomFunctions

 

[netcom]

Thanks for your help chirpy.
You're the best

 

[wipl_piyush]

Hello Chirpy,

Great How to from you...it worked like anything on my 2 servers. But i got a small question. I checked my server by sending test viruses from www.testvirus.org..and found that the following were still not been scanned by mailscanner + clamav + f-prot.(all upgraded to latest)

Test #20: Eicar virus within zip file hidden using the "MIME Boundary Space Gap Vulnerability"

Test #21: Eicar virus within zip file hidden using the "Long

Test #23: Eicar virus within zip file hidden using the "Empty MIME Boundary Vulnerability"

Do u got any idea on this ....that how could i secure my server from these type of viruses.

 

[equens]

Servers with Mailscanner + ClamAv have open realys

Does any one how to fix this? I don´t want to fix certain opens relays, I think servers with Mailscanner needs to fix this problem if you don't want to be consider a spammer.

This can fix a relay, but in few minuts, there will be new open realys:

/scripts/fixrelayd
/etc/rc.d/init.d/antirelayd restart
service exim restart

 

[anand]

Re: Servers with Mailscanner + ClamAv have open realys

Originally posted by equens
Does any one how to fix this? I don´t want to fix certain opens relays, I think servers with Mailscanner needs to fix this problem if you don't want to be consider a spammer.

This can fix a relay, but in few minuts, there will be new open realys:

/scripts/fixrelayd
/etc/rc.d/init.d/antirelayd restart
service exim restart

how do they become open relays ?

 

[equens]

Hello Anand, I have more than 5 servers and only the servers that has installed Mailscanner and ClamAv sends all messages with open relay. I think that mailscanner uses open relay with exim to deliver email scanned.

And I think you know the problem to send emails to other domains with SpamAssassin :MSGID_FROM_MTA_SHORT Message-Id was added by a relay 3.3 pts.

Perhaps I am worried, but I think the solutions is not to change the filter from 5 to 6 or to fix open relays with /scripts/fixrelayd. I think is a problem from Mailscanner and his implementation in Cpanel. At this moment, we wont install Mailscanner in other servers.

 

[Juanra]

Equens, afaik cpanel's MailScanner + Exim setup is the same the setup described in the MailScanner web page for Exim. Maybe you misconfigured your own setup?

At any rate, relay does not mean open relay. I use MailScanner and Exim in my boxes and they're not being used as open relays.

http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2569