[Mimedefang] Xmimedefang: local socket name problem

Jon Rowlan jon.rowlan at sads.com
Thu May 14 12:59:23 EDT 2009


I am just building up a new Debian server with the usual (MD/SA/Milter-ahead/Clam) and I have found a strange problem.

I have a reload script that ends with the following :

/etc/init.d/mimedefang force-reload
/etc/init.d/sendmail reload

If I run this then I get ..

Reloading Mail Transport Agent (MTA): sendmailWARNING: Xmimedefang: local socket name /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.sock missing

But if I REM out the last and run the script then run the sendmail reload line from the prompt it is fine.

A number of articles mention this problem and usually the answer is to check to see if sendmail and MD are running in which case its nothing to worry about. 

But I like my scripts to tell me the truth :-)

And I have also noticed that mimedefang has suddenly become Xmimedefang ... did I miss something there?

Any ideas anyone?

Cheers,

jON

 
Jon Rowlan 
Sytems Analysis Design & Support Limited


 







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