Diskspace on redhat ent 3

[Howard Robinson]

Dear List
I had what amounts to a DOS attack on Friday when one of our users
decided to email 900+ external accounts with a 4.2mb attachment. Given
that our normal total daily through put is <1gb it was an unusual load
for our box. After a while the server ran out of space on /var, where
all the spool queues are, and whilst it didn't actually stop it went
VERY slowly. After releasing some disk space  it ran with a load of 7
for quite some time.

What would be the best option that will allow me to put the queues
somewhere else so that there is a bit more of a cushion? I could use
part of the /usr directory as it has quite a bit of free space or create
a new partition.
If I do this is it better to recompile Sendmail to look at the new
directory or use a link pointing to the new location?
Same with MailScanner -  editing MailScanner.conf or using  link to the
new location?

Thanks



Regards

Howard Robinson,
(Senior Technical Development Officer),
Harper Adams University College,
Edgmond,
Newport,
Shropshire ,
TF10 8NB.

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