More 4.50.15 woes on FreeBSD - Update

[TCIS List Acct]

TCIS List Acct wrote:

> Ok, I went to 4.49.7 and the problem occurred just like it does in 
> 4.50.15.  So, the code that changed between 4.48.4 and 4.49.7 is the 
> code at issue (if that helps narrow it down any).

Here is a ps -aux | grep MailScanner from my latest test:

10:26AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: cleaning messages (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: cleaning messages (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:26AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:17AM MailScanner: virus scanning (perl5.8.7)
10:17AM MailScanner: virus scanning (perl5.8.7)
10:17AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:17AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:16AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:16AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:16AM MailScanner: extracting attachments (perl5.8.7)
10:16AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:16AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:15AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:15AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:15AM MailScanner: virus scanning (perl5.8.7)
10:15AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:15AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:15AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:02AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:02AM MailScanner: virus scanning (perl5.8.7)
10:02AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:02AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:01AM MailScanner: virus scanning (perl5.8.7)
10:01AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:01AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:01AM MailScanner: waiting for messages (perl5.8.7)
10:01AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:01AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:00AM MailScanner: waiting for messages (perl5.8.7)
10:00AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
10:00AM MailScanner: virus scanning (perl5.8.7)
10:00AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
10:00AM MailScanner: virus scanning (perl5.8.7)
9:47AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
9:47AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
9:47AM MailScanner: waiting for messages (perl5.8.7)
9:47AM MailScanner: virus scanning (perl5.8.7)
9:47AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
9:47AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
9:46AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
9:46AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
9:46AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
9:46AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
9:46AM MailScanner: waiting for messages (perl5.8.7)
9:45AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
9:45AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)
9:45AM MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists (perl5.8.7)
9:45AM MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin (perl5.8.7)

0:00.00 MailScanner: master waiting for children, sleeping (perl5.8.7)
0:00.00 MailScanner: master waiting for children, sleeping (perl5.8.7)
0:00.00 MailScanner: master waiting for children, sleeping (perl5.8.7)

I noted that there are several old processes that seem to be hanging -- 
I have it set to only allow virus scanners to run for 20 seconds, and SA 
to timeout within 20 seconds as well.  It looks like some of the 
forked/child processes simply aren't dying out properly.  Also, I don't 
do any attachment checking within MS, but I see the following:

10:16AM MailScanner: extracting attachments (perl5.8.7)

I'm willing to try whatever I need to try to help track this down.

Thanks!

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