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04.11.2007 at 11:38PM PDT, ID: 22506344
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Sendmail- purge the mail in mqueue folder

Asked by Leongkokfoo in Linux, SendMail Email Server

Tags: purge, sendmail, mqueue

OS:Fedora 2
Application: Sendmail
Problems: Mail jammed in mqueue folder
My mail server always got a lot of of queuing mail and cause the partition full.
I have try this method to clean up the mqueue folder:
a) /usr/sbin/sendmail -q -v  
>> respond too slow
b) rm -rf /var/spool/mqueue/*.*
>>no respond
c)rm -rf /var/spool/mqueue/Qdf*
>>the argument list too long, Qdf is the intial of queuing mail,ex:Qdfdf15a4feccf
d)rm -rf /var/spool/mqueue/Qdfdf*
>>have to repeatly key in the intial part like Qdfdf*, Qdfdg*,Qdfde*....... and at least 5 characters.
1. May I know are there any way that can let me clean up the queuing mail fastly?
2. If I want to control and avoid the queing mail grow fastly, and purge automatically, what should I do?
Please advise

Thanks!
Regards,
Leong
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