Re: [Dovecot] 9GB of messages in /tmp

2008-06-13 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 17:09 +0300, Uldis Pakuls wrote: > Same situation with dovecot - I tired to delete ~ 120 000 messages form > "catch-all-possible-spam" mailbox using Thunderbird. Filter out > messages older than 7 days was successfully. Thunderbird failed to > delete them (locked up)... i go

Re: [Dovecot] 9GB of messages in /tmp

2008-06-13 Thread Uldis Pakuls
Timo Sirainen wrote: > On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 15:08 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Well, I have a brain-dead user (using Thunderbird 2.0.0.14) who just >> won't listen when I tell them not to try to move 5000+ messages at one >> time (or if deleting, bypass the Trash), and they

Re: [Dovecot] 9GB of messages in /tmp

2008-06-12 Thread Charles Marcus
On 6/12/2008, Timo Sirainen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I have two problems... 1. The /tmp directory has 9+GB in it... can I just rm tmp/* on that directory without making this problem worse? Only part of Dovecot that writes to /tmp is deliver, and it keeps the files there probably less than

Re: [Dovecot] 9GB of messages in /tmp

2008-06-12 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 15:08 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: > Hello, > > Well, I have a brain-dead user (using Thunderbird 2.0.0.14) who just > won't listen when I tell them not to try to move 5000+ messages at one > time (or if deleting, bypass the Trash), and they managed to royally > screw up t

Re: [Dovecot] 9GB of messages in /tmp

2008-06-12 Thread Charles Marcus
On 6/12/2008, Daniel L. Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Well, I have a brain-dead user (using Thunderbird 2.0.0.14) who just won't listen when I tell them not to try to move 5000+ messages at one time (or if deleting, bypass the Trash), and they managed to royally screw up their maildirs...

Re: [Dovecot] 9GB of messages in /tmp

2008-06-12 Thread Daniel L. Miller
Charles Marcus wrote: Hello, Well, I have a brain-dead user (using Thunderbird 2.0.0.14) who just won't listen when I tell them not to try to move 5000+ messages at one time (or if deleting, bypass the Trash), and they managed to royally screw up their maildirs... It's never bothered me - tho

[Dovecot] 9GB of messages in /tmp

2008-06-12 Thread Charles Marcus
Hello, Well, I have a brain-dead user (using Thunderbird 2.0.0.14) who just won't listen when I tell them not to try to move 5000+ messages at one time (or if deleting, bypass the Trash), and they managed to royally screw up their maildirs... I have two problems... 1. The /tmp directory has