/var/spool/clientmqueue filling up on RHEL 5.5

dev_null0 · 02-18-2011, 12:04 AM

I know that this issue has been brought up before but I can't quite find the answer I am looking for. I have several servers where /var/spool/clientmqueue is filling up with unsent messages. I know this is because I have disabled sendmail on these servers.
My question is how do I get it to stop and leave that poor directory alone?

Thanks,
Rick

paulsm4 · 02-18-2011, 12:03 PM

Actually, I would suggest that disabling "sendmail" is actually the PROBLEM!

Lots of programs depend on sendmail (including "at" and "cron", among many others).

You want to ENABLE "sendmail", but DISABLE SMTP. Easily done. Here are some links:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/f...ne/049850.html

http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups.../msg00058.html

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ntents-757974/

So the key is:

1. Enable sendmail
2. Disable SMTP
3. Use logrotate

IMHO .. PSM