On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Jason Pyeron <jpyeron@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Where should we start on preventing this type of problem? > > [root@server34 mqueue]# find | wc -l > 185259 > Short answer: We can't. Long answer: Need to know a lot more about the problem before one can even try to fix a problem like this: 1) What are the emails from? Single program? Single user? Multiple issues etc 2) Where are the emails coming from? 3) Who are the emails are going to? 4) What kind of network setting is it. 5) What kind of server is this? [Mail server, mail gateway, personal desktop, etc] These are just starting questions.. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos