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

[Julian Field]

At 15:19 10/12/2002, you wrote:
>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

One more thing: are mqueue.in and mqueue both on a *local* partition, not a 
remote NFS-mounted filesystem?


>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
> >
> > --
> > Diese Mail wurde durch die Datenzentrale Schleswig-Holstein
> > maschinell auf Viren und gefährliche Inhalte untersucht.
> >
> >

-- 
Julian Field
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