Daley wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Can someone advise the log? umm.. it looks like the scanner
> is fail to open up and scan the attachment...
>
> Regards,
> Daley
>
> Jan 12 12:30:40 sme amavis[21758]: Starting AMaViS 0.1.4.1
> Jan 12 12:30:41 sme amavis[21758]: Unpacking message in
> /tmp/amavis-unpack-3e20ef71-54fe
So here its unpacked the original email, and below are the parts
> Jan 12 12:30:41 sme amavis[21758]: AMAVIS: Determined
> 00000000 to be type message/rfc822
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: AMAVIS: Determined
> 00000004 to be type application/msword
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: Not attempting to unpack
> 00000004
You can't unpack an ms word document.
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: AMAVIS: Determined
> 00000005 to be type application/pdf
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: Not attempting to unpack
> 00000005
You can't unpack a pdf.
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: AMAVIS: Determined
> 00000001 to be type text/plain
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: AMAVIS: Determined
> 00000002 to be type application/msword
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: Not attempting to unpack
> 00000002
See above.
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: AMAVIS: Determined
> 00000003 to be type application/msword
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: Not attempting to unpack
> 00000003
See above.
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: AMAVIS::MTA::Qmail:
> Accepting message
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: AMAVIS::MTA::Qmail:
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-queue exited: 0
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: AMAVIS: Cleaning up.
> Jan 12 12:30:42 sme amavis[21758]: AMAVIS: Done.
If one of the attachments were an archive that could be unpacked then it would unpack and recursively scan/unpack until the limit is reached or it runs out of parts.
You would be better suited to using the service link virus scanning solution IMO.
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Damien