MailScanner process defunct on scanning attachments

Martin.Hepworth martinh at solidstatelogic.com
Mon Feb 18 09:44:16 GMT 2008


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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Rohitb
> Sent: 18 February 2008 09:13
> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> Subject: MailScanner process defunct on scanning attachments
>
> 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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