orphaned df files in mqueue.in

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Sep 9 17:37:19 IST 2005


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Usually caused by SMTP servers sending you large messages but the 
connection getting broken before the message was completely deliverd.

But also check your "Lock Type" setting near the bottom of 
MailScanner.conf. The comment above the setting will help you set it 
correctly (if it needs setting to anything at all).

Greg Matthews wrote:

>I'm consistently finding "orphaned" df* files in /var/spool/mqueue.in ie
>without a corresponding qf* file. Is this a bug in mailscanner
>(v4.42.9)? 
>
>usually one or two a day, often quite large multipart messages.
>
>GREG
>  
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>[root at myrelay mqueue.in]# ls -l
>total 2449004
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     32306 Jul 29 16:51 dfj6TFBG6r019099
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     40650 Aug  1 04:05 dfj712Ef4Z019298
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     16384 Aug  2 02:32 dfj721UMZ1026998
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   1150976 Aug  2 03:10 dfj721vQwc030187
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   9189309 Aug  2 09:45 dfj727vQhc028139
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     51372 Aug  2 20:25 dfj72IG2ZY006502
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     16384 Aug  4 03:00 dfj7420Bnx024774
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   1699132 Aug  4 13:27 dfj74Bmqll022719
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    102400 Aug  5 11:30 dfj75AQqKW016335
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    826570 Aug  6 15:30 dfj76DYiNX018642
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    829558 Aug  6 15:26 dfj76DYVnS018605
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    826570 Aug  6 19:37 dfj76Ho62w019888
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    829558 Aug  6 23:46 dfj76MG3tP016496
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     12288 Aug  8 03:06 dfj7826ExE026775
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   9210899 Aug  8 10:34 dfj788pdb3032306
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  17890568 Aug  8 11:09 dfj788vSCj000917
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   9099004 Aug  8 10:42 dfj7893CgT002315
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp      8192 Aug 10 01:57 dfj7A0txk4026482
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     81920 Aug 11 02:33 dfj7B1VcZ9021879
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    126976 Aug 11 03:11 dfj7B27pZa029348
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp       134 Aug 11 03:11 dfj7B2Aq1q029670
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   3310121 Aug 11 12:01 dfj7BAAZqm005542
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     16384 Aug 12 02:04 dfj7C13kQA011665
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     16384 Aug 15 01:46 dfj7F0jkVW017892
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  14652790 Aug 16 10:53 dfj7G9K5gh005561
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   1890486 Aug 16 15:25 dfj7GDJIGH023933
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   1059267 Aug 16 16:31 dfj7GEX7AI009945
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   1890486 Aug 16 18:59 dfj7GH9BV8008471
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp      8192 Aug 17 16:54 dfj7HFsY4N011356
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     20480 Aug 17 16:56 dfj7HFtcjE011618
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     46475 Aug 20 09:00 dfj7K70T9b006599
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     37325 Aug 21 05:24 dfj7L3p7HS031614
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     32768 Aug 24 01:34 dfj7O0YO2W021593
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   6054495 Aug 24 11:26 dfj7O8nhLh010013
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  14653153 Aug 24 16:29 dfj7OEsKZp006071
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     24576 Aug 30 01:52 dfj7U0prGS015478
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   3378951 Aug 30 17:07 dfj7UFWKDj007283
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   9733988 Aug 31 13:25 dfj7VBhHlT020497
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp 122758490 Sep  1 17:30 dfj81F4D8M028439
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp 122758490 Sep  1 20:17 dfj81I1TGk002002
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    290816 Sep  2 03:14 dfj81N37hm010490
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp 122758490 Sep  2 01:54 dfj81Nc5Dx014735
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp 122758490 Sep  2 05:52 dfj823gc8F012851
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp 122758490 Sep  2 07:55 dfj825jG55029489
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp 122758490 Sep  2 09:43 dfj827Mn3f012565
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   2707806 Sep  2 11:53 dfj82AIf6w023418
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp 122758490 Sep  2 19:21 dfj82H8GbJ003874
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     86633 Sep  2 19:04 dfj82HUCYP009111
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp 122758490 Sep  2 20:56 dfj82IdSCI024354
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  63442474 Sep  2 23:03 dfj82LIqW5019338
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  63442474 Sep  3 01:16 dfj82NX28T007904
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  3 03:58 dfj832PWa7000787
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  3 05:34 dfj833xkHN015060
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  3 07:01 dfj835MGTm027257
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  3 09:01 dfj837MIgJ011550
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  3 13:45 dfj83CCOUU018004
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  3 15:12 dfj83DdK1j030199
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  3 17:14 dfj83FfdVD018820
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  3 18:42 dfj83H2fX3032442
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  3 20:42 dfj83J2gBf018539
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  3 23:47 dfj83MErZ8007494
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  4 01:51 dfj840C68d022594
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  4 03:52 dfj842Ha2F008631
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  4 05:53 dfj844KkRk019128
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  4 07:21 dfj845fBGT029529
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  4 09:54 dfj848LZDh017669
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  4 11:55 dfj84AMHqp007797
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  4 14:28 dfj84CuEuW029175
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  56526150 Sep  4 15:56 dfj84EO7PE008375
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    323584 Sep  5 16:11 dfj85EOarr009634
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    303104 Sep  5 16:04 dfj85EwaeE019225
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  84885566 Sep  6 12:32 dfj86AuS0O004588
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  84885566 Sep  6 13:17 dfj86Bb1jm015566
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   1174114 Sep  6 13:01 dfj86BGXlC010277
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp  84885566 Sep  6 14:16 dfj86CMGhT027182
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    127174 Sep  6 16:09 dfj86EaTMU030832
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   6714817 Sep  6 18:51 dfj86Eq7ex002296
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     45056 Sep  7 02:17 dfj871DO47009304
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     57344 Sep  8 01:47 dfj880ctfq003218
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    135168 Sep  8 02:14 dfj8815ieo006701
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     81920 Sep  8 02:54 dfj881iJnJ011584
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp      8192 Sep  8 03:01 dfj881s21b012789
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    228550 Sep  8 16:59 dfj88FPv9T016508
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp    200704 Sep  9 03:11 dfj891hsvr012198
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp   2387488 Sep  9 11:48 dfj897g2Br011000
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     24576 Sep  9 13:57 dfj89CvWBP014678
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp       366 Sep  9 15:41 dfj89EeW3o009563
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp      1045 Sep  9 15:41 dfj89Eex4A009719
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp     59182 Sep  9 15:41 dfj89EfNPZ009850
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp      1348 Sep  9 15:41 qfj89EeW3o009563
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp       935 Sep  9 15:41 qfj89Eex4A009719
>-rw-------  1 root smmsp      1903 Sep  9 15:41 qfj89EfNPZ009850
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