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тАО05-09-2008 06:37 AM
тАО05-09-2008 06:37 AM
/var is running 100 % for my server & I need to clean /var/spool/mqueue directory finally.
Mail in this directory "/var/spool/mqueue" are not at all important for me.
Can I delete all files in this directory using rm /var/spool/mqueue/*.* or is there any sophisticated way to do so.
Please suggest.
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тАО05-09-2008 06:42 AM
тАО05-09-2008 06:42 AM
Solutionrm -f /var/spool/mqueue/*
You might want to lock down sendmail so the area does not fill up so easily.
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тАО05-09-2008 06:52 AM
тАО05-09-2008 06:52 AM
Re: cleaning /var/spool/mqueue
Thanks for your reply
Moreover can you please suggest how to lock sendmail
we need to use command " /var/spool/mqueue stop ??
Prakash
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тАО05-09-2008 07:07 AM
тАО05-09-2008 07:07 AM
Re: cleaning /var/spool/mqueue
vi /etc/rc.config.d/sendmail
Change the first variable to 1.
You system does not need the sendmail daemon running to send outbound mail. sendmail -aC will push outbound mail off the sysetm.
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тАО05-09-2008 07:15 AM
тАО05-09-2008 07:15 AM
Re: cleaning /var/spool/mqueue
Regards,
Prakash
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тАО05-09-2008 07:18 AM
тАО05-09-2008 07:18 AM
Re: cleaning /var/spool/mqueue
I am really Impressed by this system and it really made me regular surfer of this forum.
Regards,
Prakash