Mailscanner filter server to my Mail store " I just canna do it c aptain! "

[Raymond Dijkxhoorn]

Hi!

>             So I issue the ole /etc/rc.d/init.d/MailScanner stop/start it
> comes back up, instantly 5 processes show up as <defunct> so now im
> confused, so I was like, lets see whats in my queue. So I hit a ls -la
> /var/spool/mqueue.in | wc -l !!42097!!, 42097 messages in mqueue.in, no
> wonder MailScanner wont start. Ok. My question is how do I make this thing
> handle my load.
>
> Pentium III 600 /w 512k cache

You can forget about that, seriously. You need to upgrade hardware with
the current load you are processing.

> Any advice is great, I really like the idea of this product, and I really
> want it to work for us.

Buy two or three dual xeon machines and try again.

Bye,
Raymond.