Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:18:27 -0300 From: "Rafael Aquino" <freebsd@bsdserver.com.br> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: purging old mail Message-ID: <20070601201828.M80161@bsdserver.com.br> In-Reply-To: <20070601155131.GD43330@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <OF78AB1FA2.BF39D79A-ONC12572ED.0029E012-C12572ED.002AA959@UK.BOMBARDIER.TRANSPORT.COM> <20070601155131.GD43330@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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Hi there, I use an application that you can find in /usr/ports/mail/archmbox. Using it with crontab, you can make it delete you x days old mails from any file in mbox format. I use it in my newsletter mbox, so I don´t have to worry about old mail. 0 2 * * * /usr/local/bin/archmbox -k -o 30 /home/bsdserver/mail/FreeBSD-Questions []´s -- Rafael Mentz Aquino BSDServer - FreeBSD - Servidores - Internet bsdserver@bsdserver.com.br 51 - 4063 - 6269 51 - 9725 - 4311 ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: mats.lindberg@se.transport.bombardier.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 11:51:31 -0400 Subject: Re: purging old mail > On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 09:45:49AM +0200, > mats.lindberg@se.transport.bombardier.com wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I'm setting up a FreeBSD 5.4 system that need to run unattended for a year > > or more. > > I've noticed that the /var/mail/root file grows a bit over time. > > > > Do I need to configure the system in some way to prevent this file from > > growing indefinately, filling up the /var partition? > > If so - how? > > You could either create a routine to rotate the file - maybe syslogd > could do it. Or, set up an alias to forward the email messages > to another place. These would be log and security messages. You > could forward them to /bin/null, but I think it is bad form to > automatically nuke security messages. > > Note also that /var/log will grow over time. The usual solution > is to use the syslog utility to manage those files so they roll > over at appropriate times and old ones eventually get removed > at some interval you set. > > ////jerry > > > > > Mats Lindberg > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e > acredita-se estar livre de perigo. ------- End of Original Message ------- -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo.
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