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<DIV><SPAN class=654505514-22082002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Julian,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=654505514-22082002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In
this digest you mentioned:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=654505514-22082002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>The last thing sendmail does with a
message is rename the xf to qf, so you <BR>could do that. On www.sendmail.org
there is a really good script to start <BR>sendmail that cleans up the queue
really well. </FONT><BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=654505514-22082002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I am
having a hell of a time finding it. Would you be so kind as to reply to me with
a link to the page or download?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=654505514-22082002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks
! !</DIV></FONT></SPAN>
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<P><FONT size=2>Matt Doherty<BR>IT Dept<BR>Datawatch Corp<BR><BR>>>In a
world without walls or fences, who needs Windows and Gates?<<</FONT>
<BR><BR>The last thing sendmail does with a message is rename the xf to qf, so
you <BR>could do that. On www.sendmail.org there is a really good script to
start <BR>sendmail that cleans up the queue really well.
<BR><BR><BR>>Fernando. <BR>> <BR>>Julian Field wrote: <BR>> <BR>>
> Exactly what are the filenames left behind? <BR>> > <BR>> > If
they start with a capital letter, they are partly-received messages that
<BR>> > sendmail was reading when it was killed. <BR>> > <BR>>
> The messages are re-sent completely when sendmail starts up again. These
<BR>> > files can be safely deleted, as can zero-length "qf" files, and
"df" files <BR>> > with no corresponding "qf" file. "tf" files with no
corresponding "qf" file <BR>> > can be renamed to "qf". <BR>> >
<BR>> > What all that boils down to is this: <BR>> > MailScanner
will pick up completely delivered messages (qf and df pairs of <BR>> >
files). Anything else will be ignored. <BR>> > <BR>> > At 21:53
16/08/2002, you wrote: <BR>> > >When I shutdown sendmail and
mailscanner the files remaining in the <BR>> > >mqueue.in directory
arenīt processed when I start sendmail/mailscanner <BR>> > >again.
<BR>> > >The mailscanner start a new sequence of files in mqueue.in
directory and <BR>> > >ignore the old files. <BR>> > <BR>>
> -- <BR>> > Julian Field Teaching Systems Manager <BR>> >
jkf@ecs.soton.ac.uk Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science <BR>> >
Tel. 023 8059 2817 University of Southampton <BR>> > Southampton SO17 1BJ
<BR><BR>-- <BR>Julian Field Teaching Systems Manager <BR>jkf@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science <BR>Tel. 023 8059 2817 University of
Southampton <BR>Southampton SO17 1BJ <BR><BR></P></BODY></HTML>