[cobalt-users] mailq [RaQ3i]

["admin" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As su -  try
ls /var/spool/mailq/

You ought to see files ending with 16121, 16149, and 16327
there ought to be only one file that matches each of those numbers.
Any other files you have there are the current mailq, and there ought
to be 2 files ending with the same number.

You should be able to safely delete the three files which have the control
files
missing

M

>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

> >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



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