Maybe I made a mistake. First I left out the rcpthosts file on my
backup mail server. The mail log indicated that my system had been
used by a spammer.
(Ed covers his ears to avoid hearing flame)
Next I went in to examine the queue and found hundreds of thousands of
emails in /var/qmail/queue/mess/[0..22].
I did not want them delivered.
I grep'ed the files in the directories into rm and got rid of all the
spam keeping what should be all good mail.
Now qmail seems to be spending lots of time trying to find the files
it thinks are queued to be sent. (load average: 1.52, 1.61, 1.56 on
an otherwise idle P120 running RH 5.1). I suspect that it is using the
files under /var/qmail/queue/remote/[0..22] to tell it to look for the
files that I deleted, but I can't figure out an easy way to filter
those out.
What should I do? Should I delete them all? If I do will it rebuild
them from the files that need to be sent?
What should I do next time?
Thanks in advance for the help.
-- Ed Weinberg,
Detel, Inc., An Internet Presence Provider
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