[Mimedefang] mimedefang-multiplexor keeps dying

Bill Maidment bill at maidment.vu
Sun May 2 04:43:08 EDT 2010


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From: Bill Maidment <bill at maidment.vu>
Sent: Sun 02-05-2010 16:38
To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com; 
Subject: [Mimedefang] mimedefang-multiplexor keeps dying

> Hi guys
> I've been getting mimedefang-multiplexor dying for some time now on my external 
> mail server with mimedefang-2.68. I don't recall it happening on 2.67.
> The situation is always when filter_recipient detects an invalid username from 
> the internal mail server.
> My filter rules (mimedefang-filter) have not changed for a long while, but 
> spamassassin and clamav rules are obviously changing frequently.
> I am using Fedora 12 with sendmail-8.14.4, mimedefang-2.68, 
> spamassassin-3.3.1-2, clamav-0.96 on the external mail server.
> The external mail server log shows:
> 
> May  2 15:01:47 stiles mimedefang-multiplexor[20703]: Slave 3 stderr: panic: 
> top_env
> May  2 15:01:47 stiles mimedefang-multiplexor[20703]: Slave 3 died prematurely 
> -- check your filter rules
> May  2 15:01:47 stiles mimedefang[20718]: Error from multiplexor: ERR No 
> response from slave
> May  2 15:01:47 stiles sendmail[5978]: o4251fPE005978: Milter: 
> to=<billnn at maidment.com.au>, reject=451 4.3.2 Please try again later
> May  2 15:01:47 stiles mimedefang-multiplexor[20703]: Reap: slave 3 (pid 5277) 
> exited normally with status 1 (SLAVE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY)
> May  2 15:01:47 stiles mimedefang-multiplexor[20703]: Slave 3 resource usage: 
> req=7, scans=0, user=0.021, sys=0.013, nswap=0, majflt=0, minflt=970, 
> maxrss=29072, bi=0, bo=0
> May  2 15:01:47 stiles sendmail[5978]: o4251fPE005978: 
> from=<billnn at maidment.com.au>, size=12335, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, 
> daemon=MTA, relay=[117.193.171.140]
> 
> The internal mail server log shows:
> 
> May  2 15:01:47 busby sendmail[18758]: o4251lkk018758: 
> <billnn@[192.168.2.16]>... User unknown
> May  2 15:01:47 busby sendmail[18758]: o4251lkk018758: lost input channel from 
> stiles.maidment.vu [192.168.2.12] to MTA after rcpt
> May  2 15:01:47 busby sendmail[18758]: o4251lkk018758: 
> from=<billnn at maidment.com.au>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, 
> daemon=MTA, relay=stiles.maidment.vu [192.168.2.12]
> 
> Any ideas what is causing this?
> Any suggestions as to how to debug it?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Bill Maidment
> Consultant to Elgas Ltd
> "It's important to keep your rough edges" - Neil Hannon
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Just to add.
All software is 64bit and reverting back to mimedefang-2.67 "cures" the problem.
Cheers

Bill Maidment
Consultant to Elgas Ltd
"It's important to keep your rough edges" - Neil Hannon



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