Re: [cobalt-users] mailq [RaQ3i]

[Theodore Jones <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Martin,

Actually, I never see the full information for mail messages.... just that
(no control file) next to each message filing through the q....?!  Is
something terribly wrong?  Also... would control files and the actual
messages be in differing directories?

~ T

admin wrote:

> >Hey,
> >
> >I get this when I do a "mailq":
> >
> >                Mail Queue (3 requests)
> >--Q-ID-- --Size-- -----Q-Time-----
> >------------Sender/Recipient------------
> >SAA16121* (no control file)
> >SAA16149* (no control file)
> >SAA16327* (no control file)
> >
> >is not having a control file a normal feature of cobalt's setup do you
> >think?
> >
> >~ Theo
>
> Was this after you tried to clear the mailq by deleting the files in
> spool/mailq ?
>
> If so, then I think you only deleted the control files.
>
> As I understand it, each message has 2 files, both ending with the ID
> number.
> eg     **A16121    if you are going to delete the message from the queue
> succesfully, then you need to delete both the files for that message.
>
> --
> Martin Bilton
> martin.bilton@xxxxxxxxxxx