Quoting Brian (bcook-exim@???):
> Why does this happen from time to time?
> root@b [/var/spool/exim/scan/1BSLbs-0007od-7t]# 54 > du -sh *
This is a temporary directory made by the Exiscan patch, in which parts
from a message with attachments are stored to be checked for viruses
and other malware or spam.
> 4.1M 1BSLbs-0007od-7t.eml
Aparently this is a very large message containing a lot of attachments.
> root@b [/var/spool/exim/scan/1BSLbs-0007od-7t]# 60 > file *
> 30852 spamd 28 0 365M 181M RUN 1:49 0.00% 0.00% perl
More important would be if you see messages that can indicate something
went wrong while Exiscan was checking the contents, or why it didn't
remove the temporary directory.
> can someone offer some help as to what I can debug to find out why this
> does this from time to time?
Is there still a message in your mailq with that same message ID?
Grep your logs for it, and let us know.
Sander.
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