MailScanner processes die and don't restart

Raymond Dijkxhoorn raymond at PROLOCATION.NET
Fri Jun 20 17:26:33 IST 2003


Hi!

> >Is someone else also seeing this, as i do, when i do a reload or service
> >restart that all mailscanners get a defunc ... ? Or is this ment to be ?

> You should see a load defunct for about 5 to 10 seconds, at which point
> they should disappear. While they are defunct, the parent process is
> cleaning up after them so it leaves your filesystem nice and tidy.

Okay! So it wont loose mail either when i see a defunc ...
Thanks for explaining.

bye,
Raymond.



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