Carlos Williams a écrit : > I notice that when I create a user in my Postfix server, I also create > a file located in /var/spool/mail: > > ******************************************************************** > > [r...@mail mail]# ls -l > total 0 > -rw-rw---- 1 user1 mail 0 Jun 8 11:35 user1 > -rw-rw---- 1 user2 mail 0 Jun 5 08:41 user2 > -rw-rw---- 1 user3 mail 0 Jun 9 10:00 user3 > -rw-rw---- 1 user4 mail 0 Jun 8 10:37 user4 > -rw-rw---- 1 user5 mail 0 May 21 15:15 user5 > -rw-rw---- 1 user6 mail 0 May 28 16:06 user6 > -rw-rw---- 1 user7 mail 0 May 21 15:20 user7 > -rw-rw---- 1 user8 mail 0 May 20 10:04 user8 > > ******************************************************************** > > I have Postfix running with /Maildir style mailboxes and all the users > email gets stored in their /home directory so I am not > sure why my Linux / Postfix system is generating these files. I > normally don't mess with files in /var unless I know what I am > doing which I obviously don't. Can someone tell me: > > 1 - Why this files are being generated
it's your "adduser" command. This is not postfix related. > 2 - Can I delete them Probably, unless something relies on. I would just leave them. > 3 - How can I prevent future new users from having files generated in > this directory > don't fight against the system. > All the files are blank / empty so it does not appear to be doing much > from what I can see. These are not the only useless files your system, so why lose your time?
