MailScanner MailScanner-4.56.8-1 Issue

[Duncan Berriman]

Yes I'm using sendmail.

8.12.11-4.6

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Duncan 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf 
> Of Scott Silva
> Sent: 31 October 2006 00:37
> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> Subject: Re: MailScanner MailScanner-4.56.8-1 Issue
> 
> 
> Duncan Berriman spake the following on 10/30/2006 3:48 PM:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I recently installed MailScanner-4.56.8-1 on FC 2. I've 
> used it in the past
> > and had no problems however the new version appears to be 
> duplicating mails
> > from the /var/spool/mqueue.in/ directory.
> > 
> > I have ruled out problems with SpamAssasin or Clamav. The 
> problem happens
> > fairly randomly but regularly and is reported in the 
> maillog as follows.
> > 
> > Unlinking /var/spool/mqueue.in/dfk9UGfTcN018060 failed: No 
> such file or
> > directory
> > 
> > The problem can be seen that two MailScanner children are 
> picking the same
> > email to process and one completes before the other and 
> hence the error. The
> > email is delivered twice, mostly identical but sometimes 
> missing content
> > depending on the timing. The 2nd child process reports the 
> problem as the
> > file can not be moved since the first has already done it.
> > 
> > This clearly appears to be some form of locking issue.
> > 
> > The only way I have currently found to solve the problem is 
> set the children
> > to 1 so that its single threaded which is not ideal.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > New to the list so apologies if this a known problem etc 
> but couldn't find
> > much on the net.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance 
> > Duncan
> >  
> > 
> > 
> Are you using sendmail?
> Which version?
> 
> 
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