MailScanner process defunct on scanning attachments

[Rohitb]

Hi
I am having problem with MaiScanner since last 3-4 weeks, MailScanner  
process defuncts and stops processing mails.On checking ps commmand it  
shows below output. Is anybody else facing the same issue.

ps aux|grep Mail
root     13170  0.0  0.0   8748  1288 pts/3    S+
  14:09   0:00 /bin/sh /sbin/service MailScanner restart
root     13177  0.0  0.0  10972  1448 pts/3    S+
  14:09   0:00 /bin/bash /etc/init.d/MailScanner restart
root     13192  0.0  0.0  10976  1520 pts/3    S+
  14:09   0:00 /bin/bash /etc/init.d/MailScanner stop
root     13220  0.0  0.0   5980   576 pts/1    S+
  14:09   0:00 grep Mail
postfix  30690  0.0  0.4  97600 19172 ?        Ds   09:02
  0:00 MailScanner: killing children, bwahaha!
postfix  30691  2.4  3.5 316392 142740 ?       S    09:02
  7:34 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30716 26.8  2.3 334060 94956 ?        S    09:02
82:22 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30728 16.9  3.3 324112 134868 ?       S    09:02
51:54 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30735  8.1  1.9 323708 79160 ?        S    09:02
25:09 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30748  7.0  1.5 323932 63212 ?        S    09:02
21:39 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30763  0.1  0.5 315404 23524 ?        S    09:02
  0:19 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30802 16.7  2.6 320368 106572 ?       S    09:02
51:16 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30835  0.1  2.1 315476 88060 ?        S    09:02
  0:19 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30852  6.3  2.5 319344 103124 ?       S    09:02
19:19 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30897  2.1  1.5 316372 64164 ?        S    09:03
  6:36 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30963  7.8  2.6 327264 105916 ?       S    09:03
24:06 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30999 16.3  2.4 328536 100172 ?       S    09:03
50:14 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  31038 16.6  2.0 328620 84392 ?        S    09:03
50:56 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  31157  7.9  1.8 329416 76784 ?        S    09:03
24:22 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  31172  1.9  1.9 321068 80544 ?        S    09:03
  6:05 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  31207  1.6  1.8 321244 75668 ?        S    09:03
  5:10 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  31227  2.0  4.4 316196 179244 ?       S    09:03
  6:20 MailScanner: compressing attachments



[root at secure6 ~]# ps aux|grep Mail
root     13170  0.0  0.0   8748  1288 pts/3    S+
  14:09   0:00 /bin/sh /sbin/service MailScanner restart
root     13177  0.0  0.0  10976  1456 pts/3    S+
  14:09   0:00 /bin/bash /etc/init.d/MailScanner restart
root     13278  0.0  0.0   5980   576 pts/1    S+
  14:09   0:00 grep Mail
postfix  30690  0.0  0.5  97600 24212 ?        Ds   09:02
  0:00 MailScanner: killing children, bwahaha!
postfix  30691  2.4  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:02   7:34 [MailScanner] <defunct>
postfix  30716 26.8  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:02  82:23 [MailScanner] <defunct>
postfix  30728 16.8  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:02  51:54 [MailScanner] <defunct>
postfix  30735  8.1  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:02  25:10 [MailScanner] <defunct>
postfix  30748  7.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:02  21:39 [MailScanner] <defunct>
postfix  30763  0.1  0.5 315404 24148 ?        D    09:02
  0:19 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30802 16.7  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:02  51:17 [MailScanner] <defunct>
postfix  30835  0.1  2.1 315476 88752 ?        D    09:02
  0:19 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  30852  6.3  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:02  19:19 [MailScanner] <defunct>
postfix  30897  2.1  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:03   6:36 [MailScanner] <defunct>
postfix  30963  7.8  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:03  24:06 [MailScanner] <defunct>
postfix  30999 16.3  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:03  50:14 [MailScanner] <defunct>
postfix  31038 16.6  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:03  50:56 [MailScanner] <defunct>
postfix  31157  7.9  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:03  24:22 [MailScanner] <defunct>
postfix  31172  1.9  2.1 321068 88448 ?        D    09:03
  6:05 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  31207  1.6  2.1 321244 86440 ?        D    09:03
  5:10 MailScanner: compressing attachments
postfix  31227  2.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z
09:03   6:20 [MailScanner] <defunct>


Regards
Rohit Baisakhiya


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