queue.in clog

[Michael]

Sorry if this is an old question...

Im running MailScanner v4.25.14
Sophos Version 3.78
Redhat 7.3


im seeing tons of mail getting into the scanner queue, but im seeing very
little going out. The queue.in is constanly growing (right now shows approx
2K messages waiting to scan). Right now there is approx a 40 min delay
between receiving and actually sending the message. Any help would be much
appreciated in speeding this up.This just started a few days ago. We have 8
children running, the delay is about 20 min from each "MailScanner" log. It
seems to scan about 50 messages wait 20-25 min then scans another  50
messages. We've increased the children, the file scan size, etc,etc.


Thanks in Advance.
Michael


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