MailScanner ignoring child process limit

[Brent Addis]

Are you sure you don't have check_mailscanner running in crontab, along 
with an invalid pid file location?

check_mailscanner comes along at a set interval and ensures mailscanner 
is running, I assume by checking pid files. If it can't find valid pid 
files, it starts it up again.



TCIS List Acct wrote:
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> TCIS List Acct wrote:
>> I've been trying to track down a resource issue and have come across 
>> something odd.  I have MS set to use 10 child processes, yet:
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> Eek.  It is getting worse with time:
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> $ ps -aux | grep "MailScanner: waiting" | wc -l
>       67
>
> $ ps -aux | grep "MailScanner: master" | wc -l
>        8
>