[CLUG] MailScanner problem

[adam]

> Ok. Which MTA are you using?
>
Sendmail.

> You need to look at expanding your rules. I'd strongly recommend using
> some of the SARE ones and using Rules Du Jour to keep it up to date.
> 
> Depending on who you are handling mail for you could also consider using
> one or two of the DNSBLs to drop mail completely
> 
I'm using RDJ and I'm using some RBLs:

Spam List = ORDB-RBL SBL+XBL spamcop.net

> It sounds like you might have both the MTA and MailScanner running side
> by side. What could happen is that instead of you symlinking the
> mailscanner init script to the MTA init script you still have both
> inits, so a percentage of your mail is being handled by the MTA only.. .
> though from what you say this might not be happening.
>
The fact that I had clean mail for a day after tweaking MailScanner the
other day could back that up, but by rights it shouldn't be so: the init
script for sendmail is still in /etc/init.d, but it's disabled. When I
view the init script in Webmin it says it's running, but I'm pretty sure
this is correct behaviour as the same thing happens on my other box.

It's possible some cron job is playing feck with it, but it doesn't seem
to be logrotate and I'm not sure what else it could be. I'll poke
around, see what jumps out at me.

> It's all in MailScanner.conf
> 
> What you want to look at is your logging settings and which things you
> want to log.
> 
Ta. Completely blasted by them while looking for SpamAssassin settings.

adam