Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 11:29:03 -0500 From: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail mail temp file limit Message-ID: <20021009162903.GA47672@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> In-Reply-To: <20021009161904.GA47526@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> References: <20021009161904.GA47526@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>
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On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 11:19:04AM -0500, Glenn Johnson wrote: > I run rsync nightly via periodic to "mirror" my home directories to > a secondary machine. I just did a major file cleanup so the rsync > output would be large. Consequently, the resulting e-mail sent was > large. I got the following message instead of the message with > details of the rsync process: > > *** Mail of at least 7127040 bytes could not be accepted > *** at node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov due to lack of disk space for temp file. > *** Currently, 4 kilobytes are available for mail temp files. > > I know what was in the message and am not concerned about it but am > curious about the size limit. I have much more space available than 4 > kilobytes so am wondering where this limit is being set. Never mind; I see the problem now. I was looking at the space available where my tmp directory is but the temp file was going into /var/spool/mqueue, where I do not have as much space and so filled up that filesystem. -- Glenn Johnson USDA, ARS, SRRC Phone: (504) 286-4252 New Orleans, LA 70124 e-mail: gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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