Max Children > 1: same message gets delivered more than once

[Steen, Glenn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list 
> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Beat Jucker
> Sent: den 9 maj 2005 15:05
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Max Children > 1: same message gets delivered more than once
> 
> 
> Hello list
> 
> I'm new to MailScanner. I have installed version 4.41.3 @ Solaris 9.
> Everything works except configuration parameter "Max Children":
> 
>   - when I define "Max Children = 1" there is one child started and
>     the message gets delivered once
>     --> OK
> 
>   - when I define e.g. "Max Children = 3" there are three 
> children started
>     *BUT* the same message gets delivered also N times (in 
> this case N=3) ...
>     --> NOK
> 
> I don't know how the children of MailScanner manages the processing of
> the messages in the hold queue (I'm using postfix but this 
> shouldn't matter).
> Do I have a MailScanner locking problem?
> 
> Thanks for any help
> -- Beat
> 
> Logfile:
> 
> May  9 14:21:35 cicero2 MailScanner[11541]: MailScanner 
> E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.41.3 starting...
> May  9 14:21:36 cicero2 MailScanner[11541]: Read 120 
> hostnames from the phishing whitelist
> May  9 14:21:36 cicero2 MailScanner[11541]: User's home 
> directory /home/postfix does not exist
> May  9 14:21:36 cicero2 MailScanner[11541]: Using locktype = flock
> May  9 14:21:46 cicero2 MailScanner[11542]: MailScanner 
> E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.41.3 starting...
> May  9 14:21:47 cicero2 MailScanner[11542]: Read 120 
> hostnames from the phishing whitelist
> May  9 14:21:47 cicero2 MailScanner[11542]: User's home 
> directory /home/postfix does not exist
This looks fishy. Perhaps worth fixing?-)


> May  9 14:21:47 cicero2 MailScanner[11542]: Using locktype = flock
> May  9 14:22:05 cicero2 MailScanner[11542]: New Batch: 
> Scanning 1 messages, 784 bytes
> May  9 14:22:05 cicero2 MailScanner[11542]: Saved archive 
> copies of 5404E76C0A.D0460
> May  9 14:22:05 cicero2 MailScanner[11542]: Spam Checks: Starting
> May  9 14:22:05 cicero2 MailScanner[11542]: Virus and Content 
> Scanning: Starting
> May  9 14:22:06 cicero2 MailScanner[11541]: New Batch: 
> Scanning 1 messages, 784 bytes
> May  9 14:22:06 cicero2 MailScanner[11541]: Saved archive 
> copies of 5404E76C0A.0DEC5
Definitely getting hold of the same message twice... Are you using
the (recommended) hold feature/1-postfix-setup, or the (old)
defer/2-postfix-setup?

-- Glenn

> May  9 14:22:06 cicero2 MailScanner[11541]: Spam Checks: Starting
> May  9 14:22:06 cicero2 MailScanner[11541]: Virus and Content 
> Scanning: Starting
> May  9 14:22:10 cicero2 MailScanner[11542]: Requeue: 
> 5404E76C0A.D0460 to D092576C2C
> May  9 14:22:10 cicero2 MailScanner[11542]: Uninfected: 
> Delivered 1 messages
> May  9 14:22:10 cicero2 postfix/qmgr[10793]: [ID 197553 
> mail.info] D092576C2C: from=<root at glue.ch>, size=644, nrcpt=1 
> (queue active)
> May  9 14:22:10 cicero2 postfix/smtp[11557]: [ID 197553 
> mail.info] D092576C2C: to=<bj+mailtest at glue.ch>, 
> relay=ns.glue.ch[193.72.194.3], delay=9, status=sent (250 Ok: 
> queued as 0F45857C87)
> May  9 14:22:10 cicero2 postfix/qmgr[10793]: [ID 197553 
> mail.info] A03EB76C2C: from=<root at glue.ch>, size=644, nrcpt=1 
> (queue active)
> May  9 14:22:10 cicero2 MailScanner[11541]: Requeue: 
> 5404E76C0A.0DEC5 to A03EB76C2C
> May  9 14:22:10 cicero2 MailScanner[11541]: Uninfected: 
> Delivered 1 messages
> May  9 14:22:11 cicero2 postfix/smtp[11557]: [ID 197553 
> mail.info] A03EB76C2C: to=<bj+mailtest at glue.ch>, 
> relay=ns.glue.ch[193.72.194.3], delay=10, status=sent (250 
> Ok: queued as 88A3857C87)
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