process <defunct>

[Julian Field]

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At 21:23 06/09/2004, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm running the following system:
>
>Mailscanner 4.33.3
>Linux SUSE 9.1
>EXIM 4.4.2
>Perl 5.8.3
>F-Prot 4.4.4
>SpamAssasian not installed yet
>
>Whenever a mail was scanned and deliverd a MailScanner <defunct>
>process is added when displaying ps -A. The logs do not show
>anything abnormal and everything seems to operate normal.
>
>Does anybody has an idea what could be wrong and how to solve it?

Don't worry, this is normal. The <defunct> processes only stay around for a
seond or two. You may find, if you watch them, that the PIDs of the
<defunct> processes keep changing, i.e. they are actually different defunct
processes. This enables MailScanner to run measurably faster than sorting
all the old processes out one at a time.
--
Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
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