[CentOS] /var/spool/mail ?

Hadi Motamedi motamedi24 at hotmail.com
Tue Sep 25 10:58:52 UTC 2012




> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:13:40 +0200
> From: h.reindl at thelounge.net
> To: centos at centos.org
> CC: motamedi24 at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] /var/spool/mail ?
> 
> 
> 
> Am 25.09.2012 12:02, schrieb Hadi Motamedi:
> > 
> > Dear All
> > On my server , the /var/spool/mail/root is getting very big in size . To free up more space, can you please let me know how can I solve my problem ?
> > Thank you
> 
> these are system-mails (cronjobs, logwatch, smartd, mdadm.....)
> you should read them from the very beginning of the setup!
> 
> /etc/aliases:
> root: your-mail-address at yourdomain.tld
> 
> call the command "newaliases"
> 
> call "postqueue -f" if postfix is used to deliver existing mails
> for sendmail -> no idea, i am postfix-user since many years
> ______________________
> 
> you can also delete the mails before change the config to
> relay them in future and restart the MTA
> 

Thank you very much for your help.

 		 	   		  


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