SYSERR(root): readqf: cannot open ./df*

[Knutzen, Heinz (DZ-SH)]

I still get these messages.
I checked the archives and
- yes, mqueue.in and mqueue are on the same partition
- yes, only 2 sendmails running
- yes, only 1 mailscanner with its childs running

Viele Grüße

-- Heinz

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Knutzen, Heinz (DZ-SH) 
> Gesendet am: Montag, 9. Dezember 2002 15:56
> An: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Betreff: SYSERR(root): readqf: cannot open ./df*
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I use mailscanner-4.05-3 and 
> use the option 'Virus Scanning' with a rule set to decide,
> which messages get scanned and which not.
> 
> Recently I changed our mail routing such that all mails for a 
> large customer go through mailscanner,
> but currently are not scanned.
> From this time on I get error messages like
>         sendmail[14141]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf: 
> cannot open ./dfgB97KnBh010671: No such file or directory
> 
> When looking at the logs in detail, I see that for most of 
> the messages, there is no problem.
> Only for a few messages (about 26 from 4788) I get this error 
> messages.
> But even the messages which cause the error messages have 
> been successfully deliverd
> (see below for an excerpt from my logs)
> When executing
>         mailq -OQueueDirectory=/var/spool/mqueue.in
> I get all the error messages again:
> ...
> gB99RqBh017660readqf: cannot open ./dfgB99RqBh017660: No such 
> file or directory
>        -1 Mon Dec  9 10:27 <from at anywhere>
>                                          <to at our.customer>
>                 Total requests: 26
> 
> The number of requests grows slowly but steadily.
> 
> Dec  9 08:20:49 mscan sendmail[10671]: gB97KnBh010671: 
> from=..., relay=[n.n.n.n]
> Dec  9 08:20:49 mscan sendmail[10671]: gB97KnBh010671: 
> to=..., stat=queued
> ..
> Dec  9 08:20:49 mscan MailScanner[8438]: New Batch: Found 19 
> messages waiting
> Dec  9 08:20:49 mscan MailScanner[8438]: New Batch: 
> Forwarding 2 unscanned messages, 4742 bytes
> Dec  9 08:20:49 mscan MailScanner[8438]: Unscanned: Delivered 
> 2 messages
> Dec  9 08:20:49 mscan MailScanner[8438]: Virus and Content 
> Scanning: Starting
> ...
> Dec  9 08:20:56 mscan sendmail[10675]: gB97KnBh010671: 
> to=..., relay=[m.m.m.m], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (OK)
> Dec  9 09:34:28 mscan sendmail[14141]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): 
> readqf: cannot open ./dfgB97KnBh010671: No such file or directory
> Dec  9 10:52:28 mscan sendmail[18751]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): 
> readqf: cannot open ./dfgB97KnBh010671: No such file or directory
> Dec  9 12:01:33 mscan sendmail[22904]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): 
> readqf: cannot open ./dfgB97KnBh010671: No such file or directory
> Dec  9 14:54:38 mscan sendmail[31269]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): 
> readqf: cannot open ./dfgB97KnBh010671: No such file or directory
> 
> Can somebody explain this behaviour?
> Should I ignore these error messages?
> 
> Viele Grüße
> 
> -- Heinz Knutzen
> 
> Datenzentrale Schleswig-Holstein
> Altenholzer Str. 10-14, 24161 Altenholz, Germany
> http://www.dzsh.de/
> mailto:heinz.knutzen at dzsh.de
> Tel: +49.431.3295.6581 Fax: +49.431.3295.410 
> 
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