Orphan files in /var/spool/mqueue.in

[Martin Hepworth]

FERNANDO COELHO MONTEIRO wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I am using the latest version and this problem also occurs. 
> 
> Debian
> sendmail-8.13.8
> mailscanner-4.56.7
> 
>   Fernando
> 
> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:06:48 -0000, Randal, Phil wrote
>> That is an ancient version of MailScanner.  You should upgrade it to 
>> the latest version and then see what happens.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> --
>> Phil Randal
>> Network Engineer
>> Herefordshire Council
>> Hereford, UK
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
>>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf 
>>> Of Plant, Dean
>>> Sent: 24 November 2006 14:56
>>> To: MailScanner discussion
>>> Subject: Orphan files in /var/spool/mqueue.in
>>>
>>> I am curious if the orphan files that I have to clear out of
>>> /var/spool/mqueue.in every so often is something that other people
>>> experience or do I have a problem that should be investigated further.
>>> These files build up at the rate of about 3-4 a day on each 
>>> server which
>>> deal with about 30,000 messages a day, I have the lock type 
>>> set to posix
>>> and I am using the standard sendmail 8.13 rpm's from CentOS 4 with
>>> MailScanner v4.52.2
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Dean
>>>

latest is 4.56.8 !

-- 
Martin Hepworth
Senior Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

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