Problem with qf* files in mqueue.in SOLVED

[Sergio Sergio]

Hello ,

I have done this:

"Lock Type = posix
Try to set the lock type to posix"

And no longer it leaves qf* lost.


Thanks


On Thu, 13 May 2004, Andreas Kasa wrote:

> After a upgarde from 4.25 to 4.30 i have similar proble. The debian sendmail
> package is compile with posix locking not flock (there was a problem with
> flick in the 2.4.x kernel series)
> 
> # How to lock spool files.
> # Don't set this unless you *know* you need to.
> # For sendmail, it defaults to "flock".
> # For Exim, it defaults to "posix".
> # No other type is implemented.
> Lock Type = posix 
> 
> Try to set the lock type to posix.
> 
> 
> Am 12.05.2004 17:27 Uhr schrieb "Sergio Sergio" unter <sergios at MEDYNET.COM>:
> 
> > Hello , I have a problem with the files in mqueue.in.
> > I send email to mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk ,but they say that I send it
> > to the list.
> > 
> > The text of the messages sent is:
> > 
> > I have a problem with the mqueue.in, the incoming  messages
> > mqueue and the projections in mqueue but in mqueue remain these loose
> > qfi3UBaN04009203 ...
> > qfi*
> > 
> > The archives are accumulated daily,grow with time.
> > There are archives of several days and today.
> > 
> > Emails seems that they are send correctly but this files in
> > mqueue.in remain (qf*).
> > 
> > I use:
> > Debian stable, with Package unstable
> > 
> > sendmail       8.12.3-6.6
> > mailscanner    4.29.7-1
> > clamav         0.70-4
> > clamav-base    0.70-4
> > clamav-daemon  0.70-4
> > spamassassin   2.63-1
> > 
> > I have both sendmail and MailScanner running.
> > First I start up sendmail and then MailScanner.
> > My sendmail.conf looks like this:
> > 
> > DAEMON_PARMS="-bd -OPrivacyOptions=noetrn -ODeliveryMode=queueonly
> > OQueueDirectory=/var/spool/mqueue.in";
> > 
> > And this is my MailScanner configuration:
> > 
> > Incoming Queue Dir = /var/spool/mqueue.in
> > Outgoing Queue Dir = /var/spool/mqueue
> > Incoming Work Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming
> > 
> > And my Incoming Work Dir is of the type:
> > 
> > none            /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming tmpfs defaults 0 0
> > 
> > Sendmail is working fine and I've set in my sendmail.conf an interval of
> > 10: QUEUE_INTERVAL="10";
> > 
> > It looks like the process works ok. When an email is sent, it is processed
> > by sendmail an then left in the queue for MailScanner (Queue Scan Interval
> > = 4). MailScanner then analize it with the antivirus(clamav) and
> > spamassasin. In the log file everything seems to look just fine, but there
> > are still some qf left (not all of them) in /var/spool/mqueue.in/ and
> > they're accumulating there.
> > 
> > I have noticed which increasing this value
> > 
> > #Queue Scan Interval = 4
> > Queue Scan Interval = 20
> > 
> > it lowers I number of qf forgotten, lost.
> > 
> > it seems there's a conflict when sendmail and MailScanner both use a file
> > at the same time in mqueue.in/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Pardon my English.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

-- 

Sergio Santos
Departamento Técnico Meditex
Grupo SANED
Telf: 0034 91 749 9500/04
Madrid (Spain)




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