MailScanner stuck in endless loop

[Mark Sapiro]

On 11:59 AM, Diego wrote:
> root at mail <mailto:root at mail>:~# tail -f /var/log/mail.log
> Oct  4 23:14:02 mail MailScanner[1629]: Connected to Processing Attempts
> Database
> Oct  4 23:14:02 mail MailScanner[1629]: Found 0 messages in the
> Processing Attempts Database
> Oct  4 23:14:02 mail MailScanner[1629]: Using locktype = flock
> Oct  4 23:14:07 mail MailScanner[1630]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
> version 4.79.11 starting...
> Oct  4 23:14:07 mail MailScanner[1630]: Reading configuration file
> /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
> Oct  4 23:14:07 mail MailScanner[1630]: Read 858 hostnames from the
> phishing whitelist
> Oct  4 23:14:07 mail MailScanner[1630]: Read 5497 hostnames from the
> phishing blacklists
> Oct  4 23:14:07 mail MailScanner[1630]: Connected to Processing Attempts
> Database
> Oct  4 23:14:07 mail MailScanner[1630]: Found 0 messages in the
> Processing Attempts Database
> Oct  4 23:14:07 mail MailScanner[1630]: Using locktype = flock
> Oct  4 23:14:12 mail MailScanner[1632]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
> version 4.79.11 starting...
> Oct  4 23:14:12 mail MailScanner[1632]: Reading configuration file
> /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
> Oct  4 23:14:12 mail MailScanner[1632]: Read 858 hostnames from the
> phishing whitelist
> Oct  4 23:14:12 mail MailScanner[1632]: Read 5497 hostnames from the
> phishing blacklists
> Oct  4 23:14:12 mail MailScanner[1632]: Connected to Processing Attempts
> Database
> Oct  4 23:14:12 mail MailScanner[1632]: Found 0 messages in the
> Processing Attempts Database
> Oct  4 23:14:12 mail MailScanner[1632]: Using locktype = flock


Do you by chance have

Restart Every = 5

in your MailScanner.conf or an included file?

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