Hello there! I've got a fresh Perfect Server installed on Deb 10. Ever since the initial install, Amavis continually shuts down, and monit, my resource monitor restarts it. This continues for hours or days until mail just stops working. I have spent weeks trying to find out why and nothing's getting logged and I've run out of things to try to fix. I only use the mail on this server for these monitoring email so I don't need a content filter in the mail process. Could someone tell me how I would remove Amavis from the install while retaining the mail functions? I'm Googling but not finding the steps I need to take. Thanks for your time!
You could remove the filter from the main.cf, and use the new custom template system () so these changes stay. But Amavis crashing is usually because you are out of memory - could that be the case? I also had a issue once because of a faulty setup of incron, if you are using incron, what is the content you see after running Code: sudo incrontab -e
You can replace Amavisd with Rspamd: https://www.howtoforge.com/replacing-amavisd-with-rspamd-in-ispconfig/
Here's what my load average and memory usage looks like for the recent past. Is this sufficient for what you're needing to know?
Thanks very much for this! Was this how-to made because of some people having issues like mine with Amavis constantly failing?
Thank you. Is removing amavis without any replacement an option or is it necessary for the mail delivery process? As stated above, the only mail being sent on this server is from the server itself to a forwarding address that only gets used for server reports. The address is unposted, never actually used anywhere so no spam should be routed to the address.
No, as this will break delivery and potentially sending. Or, as said, you need to change the postfix config not to relay it through filters, as stated in #2
Thanks guys, followed the how-to and rspamd is up and running on the server. Was somewhat surprised that it uses over half a gig of memory just sitting idle. Also, had to do a crappy workaround to monitor the service as rspamd doesn't create a pid file to check for. It's a bummer but am looking forward to a service that doesn't constantly fail. Thank you guys a bunch for your help!
I have amavis working in a little vps, eating only 256mb. Can I ask, Have you disabled clamav?. Disabling clamav can make the big difference if you need more memory resources. In example, to use a VPS only with 1 or 2 gb RAM. Also, clamav is quite useless in practical terms if you already have mail filters configured for dangerous attachments
I've not disabled it. The server is 2gb so there's not a lot of resources to spare but the server sees little use so it's not critical. Could I safely remove clamav without breaking the rest of the services? To clarify with an example, would mail break if clamav couldn't be used?
then your hardware is very similar to my little vps. Yes, you can disable clamav without any problem for mail. You should do a few modifications stop and uninstall: Code: # /etc/init.d/clamav-daemon stop # /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam stop # update-rc.d -f clamav-daemon remove # update-rc.d -f clamav-freshclam remove # apt-get remove --auto-remove clamav-daemon # apt-get remove --auto-remove clamav-freshclam Then: 1 - Edit /etc/amavis/conf.d/15-av_scanners comment this segment: Code: ### http://www.clamav.net/ #['ClamAV-clamd', #\&ask_daemon, ["CONTSCAN {}\n", "/var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl"], #qr/\bOK$/, qr/\bFOUND$/, #qr/^.*?: (?!Infected Archive)(.*) FOUND$/ ], and this: Code: ### http://www.clamav.net/ - backs up clamd or Mail::ClamAV #['ClamAV-clamscan', 'clamscan', #"--stdout --disable-summary -r --tempdir=$TEMPBASE {}", #[0], qr/:.*\sFOUND$/, qr/^.*?: (?!Infected Archive)(.*) FOUND$/ ], 2 - Add a new file /etc/amavis/conf.d/90-custom with the following content: Code: use strict; @bypass_virus_checks_maps = (1); #------------ Do not modify anything below this line ------------- 1; # insure a defined return and restart amavisd. Code: # service amavis restart maybe you would see a warning inside /var/log/syslog, you can ignore it: Code: host amavis-mc[1043]: Not starting amavis-mc - edit /etc/default/amavis-mc to enable it ... (warning). host amavisd-snmp-subagent[1052]: Not starting amavisd-snmp-subagent - edit /etc/default/amavisd-snmp-subagent to enable it ... (warning). Also read this and following: https://www.howtoforge.com/communit...amassassin-check-in-amavis.52114/#post-290537 after changes better review the mail log messages and syslog Code: # tail -f /var/log/mail.log #tail -f /var/log/syslog * unfortunately no possibility to uninstall amavis or DKIM signatures will not work. Another option is install rspamd like other people said, although I dont' know about the memory resources
