Re: postfix can't send and receive mails

["M.Lewis" <cajun@cajuninc.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 11/10/08 07:00, Rico Secada wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:38:21 -0600
> > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On 11/10/08 04:19, Stephen Liu wrote:
> > > > Hi folks,
> [snip]
> > > > Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: Internal decoder for .tnef
> > > > Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: No decoder for       .exe
> > > > tried: rar, unrar; lha; arj, unarj
> > > > Nov 10 10:00:56 xen05 amavis[3329]: (!!) TROUBLE in pre_loop_hook:
> > > > db_home directory is not writable: /var/lib/amavis/db at
> > > > /usr/sbin/amavisd-new line 6921.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Please advise where shall I check and how to fix the problem.  TIA
> > > This is an amavis issue, not a postfix problem.
> > >
> > > If no Windows boxes are using this machine as a mail server, then you 
> > > can drop amavis.
> >
> > I wish people would drop amavis even when Windows boxes are using the
> > mail server. Let Microsoft deal with Windows problems!
>
> As much as I sympathize with that sentiment, it's just not practical.

Agreed, Amavis is a pain, however isn't it the only option to integrate 
Spamassassin *AND* anti-virus scanning into Postfix?

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