Jan P. Kessler:
> Viktor:
> > TOO MUCH MANUAL QUEUE MANAGEMENT.
>
> Just one more question: Looking at the queue directories, I found:
>
> # find /var/spool/postfix/defer -type f|wc -l
> 13532
Bleh.
> While postqueue sais:
>
> # postqueue -p
> Mail queue is empty
>
> Is this also a consequence of too much manual queue management,
No mail is lost if these files are orphans after "postsuper -r/-h"
manipulations. All other manipulations will result in loss of email
(email that was not delivered, without sender notification).
> Is it safe to stop postfix and delete these files (maybe with find
> -mtime +30 or such)? Nobody has reported missing e-mails and the
> files are rather old:
These files will eventually be reused, but removing old files
"should" be safe.
Wietse
