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Date:      Thu, 12 Nov 1998 12:22:52 +1100 (EST)
From:      Jim Mock <jim@phrantic.phear.net>
To:        Mike <70720.1771@compuserve.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to nuke the mailqueue?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811121208370.1017-100000@oz.phear.net>
In-Reply-To: <199811112000_MC2-5FED-3556@compuserve.com>

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On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Mike wrote:

> Thanks to everybody for their help, I got my anti relay rules going!
> 
> Now, how do I purge the mailq of all the crap that was built up.
> I must have 300 things inthere.  Can I just do a rm *?
> 
> Whats the best way to do this?
> 

You should be able to remove everything in /var/spool/mqueue safely.
However, any legitimate mail that's there will also be lost.

Hope this helps,

Jim 

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