topic Re: /var/spool/mqueue in Operating System - HP-UX

/var/spool/mqueue

Sam Dee — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:51:31 GMT

Hi All,

Please what type of files are in /var/spool/mqueue? Is it ok to rm them?

Your urgent response will be appreciated

Regards
Sam

Re: /var/spool/mqueue

Alex Lavrov. — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:39:15 GMT

I found something for Linux, but I'm sure sendmail on hpux works the same way:

http://www.javacommerce.com/displaypage.jsp?name=daemon/00000073.sql&id=18230

And here is another helpful link:
http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/deleting_mail_queue.html

It's not a god idea just to remove the files. You should stop sendmail first and then "requeue" the files, like it's said in threads above.

Re: /var/spool/mqueue

Robert-Jan Goossens_1 — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:46:42 GMT

Hi Sam,

The files in /var/spool/mqueue are created by sendmail. Older files can be removed.

Document description: How can I look at mails in the mail queue?
Document id: IVKBRC00006739

Europe
http://www5.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062907037

US
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062907037

# find /var/spool/mqueue -atime +7 -exec rm {} \;

Best regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: /var/spool/mqueue

Robert-Jan Goossens_1 — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:20:35 GMT

Sam,

Is this the same server from your last mail question?

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=588643

If yes, go to the /etc/nsswitch.conf and change

aliases: files

# /sbin/init.d/sendmail stop

use the rm command in my previous post to cleanup /var/spool/mqueue

# sbin/init.d/sendmail start

Robert-Jan

Re: /var/spool/mqueue

Sam Dee — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 05:09:53 GMT

Thank you all for help

Sam

Re: /var/spool/mqueue

Sam Dee — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 05:12:24 GMT

Issue solved
Thanks