<defunct> processes

It seems that when I 'ps -e' I have many processes that say 'defunct' next to
them. I tried killing them with signals 1, 9, and 15 to no avail. I then read
in the UNIX commands reference section in UNIX Complete that signal 9 leaves
residue after the kill that must be cleaned up. However, if, as I always
thought, a reboot is supposed to clean your system why do I have so many
defunct proccesses? kmail does not always load when I issue the command
'kmail' and I am hoping that getting rid of these defunct proccesses will
alieviate this problem.....
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<:-)~MIKE~(-:>






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