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"Alan Fullmer" writes:
> 
> Is Spamassassin supposed to automatically delete lock files when completed?
> I am just wondering why so many files are created, some timestamps are from
> the previous day.
> 
> My log files show the following:
> 
> Jan 19 14:17:06 mail spamd[22166]: debug: lock: 22166 trying to get lock on
> /home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 3 retries
> Jan 19 14:17:06 mail spamd[22167]: debug: lock: 22167 trying to get lock on
> /home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 3 retries
> Jan 19 14:17:06 mail spamd[22164]: debug: lock: 22164 trying to get lock on
> /home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 7 retries
> Jan 19 14:17:06 mail spamd[22168]: debug: lock: 22168 trying to get lock on
> /home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 6 retries
> Jan 19 14:17:08 mail spamd[22164]: debug: lock: 22164 trying to get lock on
> /home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 9 retries
> Jan 19 14:17:08 mail spamd[22164]: Cannot open bayes databases 
> /home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes_* R/W: lock failed: File exists
> 
> 
> It then has several files such as:  bayes.lock.mail.domain.com.21886
> 
> 
> Is this a sign that a process is not completing?   Just curious if anyone
> has an idea.

check the FAQ, this sounds a lot like a situation discussed there.
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