>>>> We have a FC4 linux system that has squirrelmail 1.4.6-3.fc4 >>>> installed. It is working normally, does not showing any particular >>>> problem. Recently, I notice that the folder >>>> /var/spool/squirrelmail/attach gets very big. When I check >>>> it, it shows something like: >>>> >>>> # ls -l /var/spool/squirrelmail/attach/ >>>> .... >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 2772 Sep 21 15:27 >>>> Ym5u50koW5Xu5hltepNscfWeeJKpNc87 >>>> -rw------- 1 apache apache 48723603 Oct 3 16:09 >>>> yNm6OVldo6OzCUuNWekBw36vR7DTp1hR -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 148913 >>>> Oct 27 21:21 >>>> YRc7iBEWQA4jb1qQ2QMpmV4e4CBNVjqH >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 326891 Jul 29 2006 >>>> yTtcIMfNNQ50Now1L3coyhMcBA4J3JCn .... >>>> >>>> >>>> These files are html, part header, jpg image, data, etc. My >>>> question is what these files are? Are they the attachment to the >>>> mails users sent out? or received? I tested my account. When I >>>> received an email with attachment, the attach folder does not show >>>> any change (hope I didn't miss any fast change). When I attach a >>>> file to a mail I am going to send out, the attach folder shows a new >>>> entry with the correct time stamp. After I click the Send button, >>>> the mail with the attachment was sent out, then that entry in attach >>>> folder is gone. If I understand correctly, that folder is for >>>> squirrelmail to temporarily hold attachments to send out. If that is >>>> correct, does it mean that all of files in my >>>> /var/spool/squirrelmail/attach folder are >>>> attachments users were going to send out, but failed, so the folder >>>> hold them? But, I >>> >>> Yes, exactly. But SM is not "holding" them per se. The users either >>> decided not to send the message or the message send failed for some >>> odd reason. This is not any bug, thus no user complaints. All you >>> need to do is have a cron job that periodically cleans out >>> attachments older than X minutes/days. The website has examples of >>> this. >>> >> >> Thanks for the explanation. I will do it. Where is the website showing >> this? > > squirrelmail.org http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/DataAndAttachmentsDirectories Sincerely, Fredrik ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
