Re: [cobalt-users] mailq [RaQ3i]

[Theodore Jones <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

M,

Thanks for the input.. but the issue is not hung messages, it's that >>every<<
message that goes through has not control file....?!

~ T

admin wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Martin Bilton
> admin@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
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