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Re: [AMaViS-user] $TEMPBASE directory Cleanup
From: Noel Jones <njones_at_nospam>Date: Wed Jun 16 2010 - 18:46:47 GMT
To: amavis-user@lists.sourceforge.net
On 6/16/2010 12:14 PM, Clayton Keller wrote:
> I am using a tmpfs using RAM for $TEMPBASE.
>
> I would like to cleanup this mount from time to time. I have
> files/directories on occasion sit stale and take up space.
>
> Will there be an issue if I remove a file/directory from $TEMPBASE
> without stopping amavisd prior to doing so?
>
> As a safety measure I will not remove anything that isn't older than the
> current maximum queue life of a message + a small buffer as added on as
> well.
Typically anything more than ~24 hours old can be safely
removed from the amavisd-new $TEMPBASE.
If you're getting lots of stuff left over in $TEMPBASE, you
should investigate why. Search the log files for 'PRESERVING
EVIDENCE' to find errors that cause amavisd-new to leave the
tmp files for analysis.
-- Noel Jones
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