"samit  pal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> My  /var partition is getting filled up. The machine is  a mail server (
> actually i had mistakenly given very small space to /var). Mails are
> getting stored at /var/spool/mail. Now if I get a new hard drive ,
> format it and mount at /var/spool/mail will it work.  Plese help

Yes it will.  Ensure that the permissions are correct for
/var/spool/mail and the mailbox files inside it though, when you do
this.  Or, see if there is enough space left under another partition
(say /home) and symlink /var/spool/mail to /home/mail/

     -srs

-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian  <---->  mallet <at> efn dot org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin

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