mails stuck in /etc/postfix.in (mailscanner tries starting again and again...)

[Pete]

Henry Harvey wrote:

>If I do
>postqueue -c /etc/postfix.in -p
>it gives me a bunch of emails that
>were received.
>
>So I think MailScanner is not working well
>since it should get the emails from there,
>do its job, and then dump it back to
>"/etc/postfix" right?
>
>And on my mail log, I keep getting
>MailScanner[21190]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
>version 4.28.5 starting...
>every tens seconds and each time, the process id
>is different. So MailScanner can't actually
>start because of something or it just dies.
>
>Any idea where could have I
>gone wrong? Where does MailScanner logs
>the errors?
>
>I appreciate any help.
>
>
>
I use postfix too and i too see a load of emails stuck in the queue,
maybe update your MS version as it seems to have some efficiency code
mods in the next release, which may help you. Mine is running better
with 4.28-6, but still not as good as 4.24-5