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Re: [cobalt-developers] mail stuck in queue?



"Dave @ The Hostworks" wrote:
> 
> Is it normal to have alot of messages in the q1 - q4 directories??
> 

Dave,

During heavy times it can get to about 20 in each directory on my servers.  Sendmail will keep these
in queue for a standard 5 calendar days.  Once in a while it will get down to about 5 in these
directories.  They sit in queue because it could not be delivered - usually a bad e-mail address.  
If they are old (over 10 days) I just delete the few that are there.  Sometimes they don't get
deleted.

If there are alot, I would suspect that someone is sending to a list (spamming).  I would
investigate and stop them from spamming.  We have a SPAM policy so that our clients do not spam.

I hate spam!

John