Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 13:08:24 -0400 From: John <papalia@UDel.Edu> To: kwoody@citytel.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail queue filled Message-ID: <4.1.19990905130620.0093a2d0@unix01.voicenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.990905094325.18558C-100000@rosencrantz.cityt el.net> References: <4.1.19990905114754.0093a9c0@unix01.voicenet.com>
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Not quite sure - when I went into /var/spool/mqueue, there was a file there, but I couldn't edit it, head it, tail it, or cat it. The file name started with "db", but all file names in that directory seem (at least to me) to be either random or coded. --John >Who was all the mail to? > >On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, John wrote: > >>>Hey all - >>> >>>I got hit with a problem last night that i'm not sure how to troubleshoot >>>(mainly since I'm still learning). >>> >>>Around 2AM, cron kicked in /etc/periodic/daily. Everything was going fine, >>>so I hit the hay. This morning, I wake up to find out that the daily >>>scripts had generated a 400+ MB email file in /var/spool/mqueue, >>>successfully filling up my /var FS. How do i go about figuring out what >>>went wrong? I know it's a general question, but I'm just not sure where to >>>start on this :) >>> >>>Thanks!!! >>>--John >>> >>> >>>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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