Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 18:59:28 +0000 From: chem@i-p-d.com To: djv@bedford.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: temporary mail 40 MB copied to root Message-ID: <199805151700.TAA06335@i-p-d.com> In-Reply-To: <199805151320.JAA19040@lucy.bedford.net> References: <199805150751.JAA04896@i-p-d.com> from "chem@i-p-d.com" at "May 15, 98 09:51:04 am"
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> From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> > chem@i-p-d.com wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Now that I have the temp-files of mail.local on var, with lots of > > empty space, mail.local managed to deliver 1 of 5 (!) 40 > > MB-messages in my root-inbox, cause it has been sent over 5 days ago, > > and wasnt able to deliver it..... I deleted the 4 others in the > > mailqueue. Now - obviously - I can't open the root-inbox no more. Is > > there a way to delete this message, without loosing all my other > > messages in the root in-box? Or do I just delete my whole root-file > > at /var/mail? > > > > And in case you are wondering, I have set MaxMessageSize in sendmail > > at 2 MB now....... > > > > The easiest thing is to get rid of the file, if the other messages > are unimportant. > > OK: lets say the others are important. THey will be located > at the head of the file. Suppose you /know/ they are, total, > less than 1 MB in size. Then to grab the first 1 MB of the file, > use dd, as in: > > dd if=/var/mail/root of=/tmp/somefile bs=1k count=1k > > Now look at 'somefile' with vi, and work your way down to the > start of the bad/big mail; Delete from there to the end of file. > > then you can rm /var/mail/root, i.e. mv /tmp/somefile /var/mail/root > > Be certain that the permissions are good! Should be rw-------, > owned root.wheel > > This can also be done with "head", or with "formail" but the > dd is straightforward. > > Dave It worked! Thanks for all the help :) Gina > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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