Some mail (up to 7 days old) is stuck in /var/spool/mqueue

[Ken Goods]

Chris W. Parker wrote:
> Mike Kercher <mailto:mike at vesol.com>
>     on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 1:53 PM said:
> 
> Sorry about leaving the version numbers out the first time.
> 
> Here is some output:
> 
> [root at filter /var/log]# MailScanner -v
> Running on
> Linux filter.swatgear.com 2.6.9-11.EL #1 Wed Jun 8 16:59:52 CDT 2005
> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> This is CentOS release 4.2 (Final)
> This is Perl version 5.008005 (5.8.5)
> This is MailScanner version 4.50.15
> 
> Sendmail 8.13.1
> 
> Lock type is blank so I guess that means posix?
> 
>> Do the emails show up under mailq?
> 
> Yes they do. (Didn't know about that one.)
> 
>> Are there corresponding qf/df files for the emails in question?
> 
> Yes there are.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris.

Try setting Lock Type to posix implicitly... had the same problem a while
back and this worked for me.

HTH
Ken

Ken Goods
Network Administrator
AIA/CropUSA Insurance, Inc.