Latest Stable MailScanner

[Stephen Swaney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Michael H. Martel
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 8:34 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Latest Stable MailScanner
> 
> hello!
> 
> I just tried to upgrade to the latest stable version of MailScanner on my
> production box.  When I launch MailScanner, everything seems to be fine.
> However, I start seeing defunct processes for MailScanner after a very
> short time (seconds).
> 
> Using the last stable vesion I can do :
> 
> [root at hemlock opt]# ps -eaf | grep Mail
> root     12265     1  0 08:29 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl
> -I/opt/MailScanner
> root     12266 12265  1 08:29 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/perl
> -I/opt/MailScanner
> root     12321 12265  1 08:29 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/perl
> -I/opt/MailScanner
> root     12339 12265  1 08:29 ?        00:00:03 /usr/bin/perl
> -I/opt/MailScanner
> root     12427 12265  1 08:30 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/perl
> -I/opt/MailScanner
> root     12558 12265  1 08:30 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/perl
> -I/opt/MailScanner
> root     12785 25309  0 08:32 pts/0    00:00:00 grep Mail
> 
> Using the latest Stable version, almost everytime I do the same command I
> see the following :
> 
> [root at hemlock log]# ps -eaf | grep Mail
> root     12013     1  0 08:27 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl
> -I/opt/MailScanner
> root     12014 12013  6 08:27 ?        00:00:02 [MailScanner <defunct>]
> root     12051 12013  8 08:27 ?        00:00:02 [MailScanner <defunct>]
> root     12067 12013 14 08:27 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/perl
> -I/opt/MailScanner
> root     12092 12013 52 08:27 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/perl
> -I/opt/MailScanner
> root     12095 25309  0 08:27 pts/0    00:00:00 grep Mail
> 
> 
> It looks like I start getting defunct processes almost immediately after
> launching it.  MailScanner -v gives me the following.
> 
> Thoughts ?
> 

You probably have a configuration error. Please set 

	Debug = yes 

And if you are using SpamAssassin 

	Debug SpamAssassin = yes

In MailScanner.conf and restart MailScanner. The configuration error should
show up in the screen output. 

If you have a problem finding the error, please post the output to the list.

Steve

Steve Swaney
President
Fortress Systems Ltd.
Phone: 202 338-1670
Cell: 202 352-3262
www.fsl.com
steve.swaney at fsl.com

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