Orphan qf files in mqueue.in on SuSE 9.2

[Julian Field]

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Quite possibly a locking problem. What version of sendmail are you
running? If 8.13 or later then you will need "Lock Type = posix" in
MailScanner.conf.

Benn Schreiber wrote:

>I was running MailScanner on RH9 for quite some time with no problems. I've
>now moved to SuSE 9.2, and installed 4.37.7-1.suse along with the latest SA.
>
>Everything is working quite well except that I'm getting orphaned qf* files
>in the mqueue.in directory. Based on something I read I changed Queue Scan
>Interval from 5 to 10, and then 10 to 20, but am still seeing these.
>
>I should add that the system is a 2.8Ghz with hyperthreading, and is quite
>unloaded (gets a couple of hundred emails per day).
>
>I'd appreciate any ideas as to how to debug and (hopefully) eliminate these
>little buggers.
>
>Thanks
>
>Benn
>
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