Uninstalling Mailscanner and MSFE

verdon

• May 18, 2026 00:23

Hi. I still have ConfigServer's MSFE and Mailscanner running on a server. It is running fine, and I’m sure going to miss it, but I will be doing a hardware and OS refresh this summer. I want to remove those packages from my environment now, so I can explore and tweak alternatives before I move to a fresh server. To that end, I discovered that waytotheweb's GitHub repo is now gone too. That is where the uninstall scripts were. I did find a fork of them on another repo, but I’m not sure I can trust that. I asked chatGPT and received this guidance. < https://chatgpt.com/share/6a099776-d624-83ea-b953-2f610ad33b0e > Does it seem reasonable? On a related note, what other solutions are people using? I've been trying the email component of Immunify360, but with Mailscanner running before it, there's not much for it to do. It has an appalling lack of reporting or control or configuration… I’m a little afraid of depending on it alone. I'd love to hear other experiences.

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  Chris McLennan

  • May 25, 2026 01:06

  I have a copy of the removal instructions and the original installer file (referenced in the removal instructions). Happy to post the instructions here, but will have to touch base directly regarding the installer file.
  
  I have a tonne of respect for the Config Server team and the tools they created, MSFE was by far one of the best third party email and spam management tools for cPanel and I hope cPanel considers adapting a similar interface into their platform, as It's been a real shame to lose it.

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  verdon

  • May 26, 2026 01:40

  Thanks Chris, I echo your opinion on ConfigServer. I used their full commercial service for every server of mine over the last 15 years or so. They will be missed! I'd appreciate seeing whatever you have. You can email me at irony_rays.6w@icloud.com if you prefer.

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  Chris McLennan

  • June 02, 2026 04:08
  • Edited

  Instructions I have on file are as follows; please note: STEP 1 won't work as the URL is no longer valid - I'll touch base directly regarding the msinstall.tar.gz file
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  Here is how to uninstall Mailscanner completely and reverse the changes we made:
  
  1. To remove MailScanner and the MailScanner Front-End, run these commands in shell as root:

  cd /root
  wget https://download.configserver.com/msinstall.tar.gz
  tar -xzf msinstall.tar.gz
  cd msinstall/
  sh uninstall.sh
  

  2. Remove the MailScanner-specific SpamAssassin configuration files (in shell as root):

  cd /etc/mail/spamassassin/
  rm -fv configserver.cf mailscanner.cf
  

  3. To remove the MailScanner Configuration icon from cPanel, go to WHM > Packages > Feature Manager. Edit the "disabled" Feature List and check the box for MailScanner Configuration.
  
  4. Remove the root cron job that runs mscpanel.pl (in shell as root):

  crontab -e
  

  5. Reset Exim Configuration, in WHM > Exim Configuration Editor > Reset All Configs to Defaults. This is not required.
  
  6. If you want to re-enable SpamAssassin through cPanel:
  
  WHM > Tweak Settings > SpamAssassin > tick
  WHM > Service Manager > spamd > tick both boxes
  WHM > Feature Manager > Edit a Feature List > disabled > Edit > Apache SpamAssassin and Apache SpamAssassin Spam Box > untick (if ticked)
  WHM > Feature Manager > Edit Feature List - edit any feature lists that you want to allow access to the SpamAssassin configuration in cPanel
  
  

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