db clean

[Simon Jones]

2009/5/5 Martin Hepworth <maxsec at gmail.com>:
> more of a mailwatch question, but make sure the db_clean.php is running with
> the appropriate number of days - you may wish to reduce the default of 60
> days down a little (and make sure the require line at the start of the
> script points to the correct place to start with!)
>
> Also make sure the quarantine is cleared out correctly if you're using that
> in mailscanner (again see the tools dir)
> 2009/5/5 Simon Jones <simonmjones at gmail.com>
>>
>> what's the best way to reduce the size of the db, currently i have
>> over 6 mil records and the search and stuff is slow as a turd :(  i
>> run dbclean.php on a cron but the site of the db, in particular the
>> maillog table are mahoosive...  anyone point me to some docs or have
>> any tips?
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> Martin Hepworth
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thanks Martin, apologies for wrong list posting.

i have days to keep set at 15 and i run a seperate db server so
there's no quatantine_maint to run as it doesn't process mail and it
seems to point to the correct functions.php location.