From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 25 07:14:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AD6616A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:14:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B922443D2D for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:14:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ukla@comcast.net) Received: from [192.168.2.101] (c-24-130-114-1.we.client2.attbi.com[24.130.114.1]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <2004102507144501500n04nne>; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:14:45 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/9.0.2509 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:14:44 -0700 From: Steve Warwick To: Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: Extra sendmail processes after install of spamassassin 3.0.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:14:48 -0000 Hi All, I have started seeing a problem with "extra" sendmail processes since upgrading to SpamAssassin 3.0.1 from 2.63 yesterday. I would normally have only a few sendmail processes at any one time unless I am mailing out. Now I seem to get an extra 20 or so extra after a while. They seem to be trying to deliver spam (china, korea etc) but do not complete (see a snippet of ps -aux a the end). I am loathe to kill them off as they are unable to deliver to due to a mis-config but I am not seeing any evidence of the mis configuration in the logs -- in fact I do not see the listed (ps) sendmail processes in the log at all. Has anyone seen this problem with SA? Is there a way to trace the process and see why/where is was spawned from - giving my some clue as to the cause. Suggestions? TIA Steve FreeBSD 4.7 Sendmail 8.12.6 SA 3.0.1 Ps -aux snippet: root 15439 0.0 0.7 2940 1460 ?? I 11:03PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server [219.249.65.111] cmd read (sendmail) root 15446 0.0 0.7 2940 1460 ?? I 11:03PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server [222.179.235.17] cmd read (sendmail) root 15454 0.0 0.7 2940 1460 ?? I 11:03PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server [61.75.24.214] cmd read (sendmail) root 15462 0.0 0.7 2940 1460 ?? I 11:04PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server banlz@[218.237.156.87] cmd read (sendmail) root 15465 0.0 0.7 2940 1460 ?? I 11:04PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server [211.245.74.234] cmd read (sendmail) root 15468 0.0 0.7 3068 1480 ?? I 11:04PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server [219.241.54.127] cmd read (sendmail) root 15478 0.0 0.7 2940 1468 ?? I 11:05PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server 81-1-105-12.homechoice.co.uk [81.1.105.12] root 15484 0.0 0.7 2940 1460 ?? I 11:05PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server [211.36.174.109] cmd read (sendmail) root 15487 0.0 0.7 2940 1460 ?? I 11:05PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server [61.73.18.25] cmd read (sendmail) root 15490 0.0 0.7 3068 1504 ?? I 11:05PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server wbar11.sea1-4.27.86.140.sea1.dsl-verizon.n root 15504 0.0 0.7 2940 1468 ?? I 11:06PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server [211.215.12.207] cmd read (sendmail) root 15507 0.0 0.7 2940 1468 ?? I 11:06PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server [61.109.136.55] cmd read (sendmail) root 15510 0.0 0.7 3068 1504 ?? I 11:06PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server uozob@dsl.delhi.128.2.101.203.touchtelindi root 15513 0.0 0.7 2940 1476 ?? I 11:06PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server wgmhwphmw@phs1-p132.dcm.hi-ho.ne.jp [211.1 root 15520 0.0 0.7 2940 1468 ?? I 11:07PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server qqsxffv@[211.203.137.207] cmd read (sendma root 15525 0.0 0.7 2940 1468 ?? I 11:07PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server zuk@1inddialup97.famvid.com [66.94.208.97] root 15577 0.0 0.7 2940 1468 ?? I 11:13PM 0:00.01 sendmail: server 81-1-105-12.homechoice.co.uk [81.1.105.12]