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Date:      Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:14:44 -0700
From:      Steve Warwick <ukla@comcast.net>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Extra sendmail processes after install of spamassassin 3.0.1
Message-ID:  <BDA1F5F4.A1CF%ukla@comcast.net>

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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]



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