Mailscanner stops working after a few hours.

[John McMonagle]

Using postfix and mailscanner on debian sarge.
postfix        2.1.5-9
mailscanner    4.41.3-2

Setup from the instructions the Mailscanner web page.

I noticed that messages are keep going into
/var/spool/postfix/hold but mailscanner quits processing them.
Mailscanner is running yet.
I'm guessing it's quiting at about the  4 hour time period that 
mailscanner process are restarted.
/etc/init.d/mailscanner restart  gets it going again.
Otherwise seems to work fine.

Log of the last message the worked:
Mar 27 11:09:38 mail postfix/smtpd[30785]: 6B081E00DC: 
client=ptx-120-27.prizeamerica2.com[207.115.120.27]
Mar 27 11:09:39 mail postfix/cleanup[30787]: 6B081E00DC: hold: header 
Received: from ptx-120-27.prizeamerica2.com 
(ptx-120-27.prizeamerica2.com [207.115.120
.27])??by mail.advocap.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B081E00DC??for 
<lisak at advocap.org>; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:09:38  from 
ptx-120-27.prizeamerica2.com[207.115
.120.27]; from=<mailcenter59927139 at prizeamerica2.com> 
to=<lisak at advocap.org> proto=ESMTP helo=<ptx-120-27.prizeamerica2.com>
Mar 27 11:09:39 mail postfix/cleanup[30787]: 6B081E00DC: 
message-id=<20060327170938.6B081E00DC at mail.advocap.org>
Mar 27 11:09:41 mail cyrus/imapd[30780]: accepted connection
Mar 27 11:09:41 mail MailScanner[25532]: New Batch: Scanning 1 messages, 
3534 bytes
Mar 27 11:09:43 mail cyrus/imapd[29882]: login: localhost[127.0.0.1] 
mailadm plaintext
Mar 27 11:09:43 mail MailScanner[25532]: Spam Checks: Found 1 spam messages
Mar 27 11:09:43 mail MailScanner[25532]: Virus and Content Scanning: 
Starting
Mar 27 11:09:44 mail postfix/smtpd[30785]: disconnect from 
ptx-120-27.prizeamerica2.com[207.115.120.27]
Mar 27 11:09:44 mail MailScanner[25532]: MailScanner child dying of old age
Mar 27 11:09:44 mail MailScanner[30859]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus 
Scanner version 4.41.3 starting...
Mar 27 11:09:44 mail MailScanner[30859]: Read 120 hostnames from the 
phishing whitelist
Mar 27 11:09:46 mail MailScanner[30859]: Using locktype = flock

The message before this was not spam and delivered OK.

Here is the next 2 messages and mailscanner does not start:
Mar 27 11:11:19 mail postfix/smtpd[30785]: E3E2CE00E6: 
client=backup.dotnet.com[216.127.196.18]
Mar 27 11:11:20 mail postfix/cleanup[30871]: E3E2CE00E6: hold: header 
Received: from hamburg.dotnet.com (backup.dotnet.com 
[216.127.196.18])??by mail.advoca
p.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3E2CE00E6??for <terryd at advocap.org>; Mon, 
27 Mar 2006 11:11:19 -0600 (CST) from backup.dotnet.com[216.127.196.18]; 
from=<petc
are at dotnet.com> to=<terryd at advocap.org> proto=ESMTP 
helo=<hamburg.dotnet.com>
Mar 27 11:11:20 mail postfix/cleanup[30871]: E3E2CE00E6: hold: header 
Received: from 216-127-207-249.strgbay.dcwis.com ([216.127.207.249] 
helo=homee677adc14
2)??by hamburg.dotnet.com with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1)??id 1FNvFe-0004rq-00; 
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:11:34 -0600 from backup.dotnet.com[216.127.196.18]; 
from=<petca
re at dotnet.com> to=<terryd at advocap.org> proto=ESMTP helo=<hamburg.dotnet.com>
Mar 27 11:11:20 mail postfix/cleanup[30871]: E3E2CE00E6: 
message-id=<000701c651c1$7e74a730$0201a8c0 at homee677adc142>
Mar 27 11:11:20 mail postfix/smtpd[30785]: disconnect from 
backup.dotnet.com[216.127.196.18]
Mar 27 11:11:39 mail postfix/smtpd[30785]: connect from 
fondy.advocap.org[192.168.2.1]
Mar 27 11:11:39 mail postfix/smtpd[30785]: C8F5CE00E7: 
client=fondy.advocap.org[192.168.2.1]
Mar 27 11:11:39 mail postfix/cleanup[30871]: C8F5CE00E7: hold: header 
Received: from fondy.advocap.org (fondy.advocap.org [192.168.2.1])??by 
mail.advocap.or
g (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8F5CE00E7??for <angelam at advocap.org>; Mon, 27 
Mar 2006 11:11:39 -0600 (CST) from fondy.advocap.org[192.168.2.1]; 
from=<mkonen at adv
ocap.org> to=<angelam at advocap.org> proto=ESMTP helo=<fondy.advocap.org>
Mar 27 11:11:39 mail postfix/cleanup[30871]: C8F5CE00E7: hold: header 
Received: by fondy.advocap.org (Postfix, from userid 2072)??id 
1FC74440A9; Mon, 27 Mar
 2006 11:12:07 -0600 (CST) from fondy.advocap.org[192.168.2.1]; 
from=<mkonen at advocap.org> to=<angelam at advocap.org> proto=ESMTP 
helo=<fondy.advocap.org>
Mar 27 11:11:39 mail postfix/cleanup[30871]: C8F5CE00E7: hold: header 
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])??by fondy.advocap.org 
(Postfix) with
ESMTP id 12BC1440A6??for <angelam at advocap.org>; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 
11:12:07 -0600 (CST) from fondy.advocap.org[192.168.2.1]; 
from=<mkonen at advocap.org> to=<ang
elam at advocap.org> proto=ESMTP helo=<fondy.advocap.org>
Mar 27 11:11:39 mail postfix/cleanup[30871]: C8F5CE00E7: 
message-id=<Pine.LNX.4.61.0603271111050.15410 at fondy.advocap.org>
Mar 27 11:11:39 mail postfix/smtpd[30785]: disconnect from 
fondy.advocap.org[192.168.2.1]

I saved listing of hold before restarting mailscanner and the 2 messages 
above were in hold and were the oldest messages.

Any idea what the problem is?

Thanks

John
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