On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, A. M. Salim wrote:
> > Can someone tell me about files in this directory /var/spool/mqueue?
> > Does this have to do with Qpopper or Sendmail? I had some HUGE files
> > in there today that killed my server because it ran out of disk space.
> > I think this is where incoming mail is spooled?
>
> this is where OUTGOING
And incoming.
> mail is spooled by sendmail. Someone was sending
> HUGE files through your system.
Judicious use of the MaxMessageSize parameter in sendmail.cf will deal
with al ot of this shit. 10Mb is a good compromise. although I
understand many free/cheap USA ISPs limit to 1.5Mb/message
Now back to your regularly scheduled flamefest.
AB
