Orphan files in /var/spool/mqueue.in

[Matt Hampton]

Hakan VELIOGLU wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I got the same problem and also doing the same clear operation for twice
> a day.
> 
> I think the reason of orphan files is spam bombers. Spam servers sending
> mail
> without waiting a response from mail servers. For this reason, their df
> file
> could be corrupt, so they couldn't be processed by MailScanner.


This is a known issue with a particualr version of 8.13 which I don't
have access to to check.  This is when a milter or other connection
checker times out and the orphan files are left behind.

CHeck on the sendmail site for the bug

matt