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

Knutzen, Heinz (DZ-SH) Heinz.Knutzen at DZSH.DE
Fri Dec 13 08:55:20 GMT 2002 

Some more info about my original problem with readqf:

1. In my case, no messages get lost.
The q-file and d-file are copied by mailscanner 
from /var/spool/mqueue.in to /var/spool/mqueue 
and delivered successfully.

2. Sometimes a q-file remains in mqueue.in after both files are copied to mqueue.
This doesn't seem to hurt.
The only problems are:
- mqueue.in gets filled with more and more orphaned q-files.
- when calling mailq -OQueueDirectory=/var/spool/mqueue.in
  I get lots of messages
  sendmail[21513]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): readqf: cannot open ./dfgBBFZHWU021263: No such file or directory

3. These orphaned q-files only occur for messages 
where "Virus Scanning" is set to "no" by a rule.

4. Only when putting manually a single q-file into /var/spool/mqueue, 
an empty message is deliverd with
<<< No Message Collected >>> in its body.
But this doesn't happen in practice.
Also, the error message is slightly different in this case:
sendmail[21115]: gBCDrWWU010401: SYSERR(root): readqf: cannot open ./dfgBCDrWWU010401: No such file or directory

5. Versions:
- SuSE Linux 8.0 (i386)
- sendmail-8.12.2-88
- mailscanner-4.05-3

Conclusion:
Since only mailscanner is deleting files from mqueue.in,
I suspect the problem is caused by a bug in mailscanner.

Viele Grüße

-- Heinz


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Knutzen, Heinz (DZ-SH) 
> Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2002 09:28
> An: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Betreff: Re: SYSERR(root): readqf: cannot open ./df*
> 
> yes, mqueue.in and mqueue both are on a local partition.
> The problem still persists.
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
> > Gesendet am: Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2002 17:24
> > An: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Betreff: Re: SYSERR(root): readqf: cannot open ./df*
> > 
> > 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
> > > >
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