MailScanner continously respawns without processing
Raymond Dijkxhoorn
raymond at PROLOCATION.NET
Fri Feb 14 18:13:08 GMT 2003
Hi!
> > Feb 14 11:18:40 granite MailScanner[27699]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> > Scanner version 4.12-2 starting...
> > Feb 14 11:18:50 granite MailScanner[27748]: MailScanner
> > Feb 14 11:18:50 granite MailScanner[27748]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> > Scanner version 4.12-2 starting...
> > Feb 14 11:19:00 granite MailScanner[27827]: MailScanner
> > Feb 14 11:19:00 granite MailScanner[27827]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> > Scanner version 4.12-2 starting...
> >
>
> This is normal, you should be seeing MailScanner's children loading. Each one
> is delayed 10 seconds. Check MailScanner.conf 'Max Children' to see/specify
> how many children MailScanner should create.
Since its not the first time we got questions posted about this, would it
not be wise to do the log message like:
> > Feb 14 11:18:40 granite MailScanner[27699]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> > Scanner version 4.12-2 starting... (parent)
> > Feb 14 11:18:40 granite MailScanner[27699]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> > Scanner version 4.12-2 starting... (child #1)
So people see whats going on?
Bye,
Raymond.
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