[Mimedefang] file descriptor scope and embedded perl

[David F. Skoll]

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, Chris Masters wrote:

> It seems to happen when a slave is reaped after
> processing n number of mails.

But slaves are in separate processes, so they should not share
file descriptors.

> Could this be a thread concurrency issue?

No; slaves are single-threaded in separate processes.

> As I say - putting dummy connects within the
> filter_initialize (would have though it would be *ise*
> in Canada too ;) ) solves the problem.

OK.  (Some Canadians use *ise*, but I've become
Americanised ... uh ... Americanized.)

Regards,

David.