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03-27-2006

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Originally Posted by RTM

mmdf is the SCO mail daemon - the files being created are probably email to be sent. If it's like Sendmail, the mail will still be running even though you killed the mmdf process. This means killing the process doesn't stop email from being created and put into the queue to be sent - it just means you can't receive mail on that server (again, assuming MMD works like Sendmail).

Check what type of files are being put into the directories - file * should list them. If they are type ascii, cat a couple of them. You will probably find they are emails. Check to see if any of the files seem to be spam. You may not have your mmdf set up properly and could be a relay for a spammer.

Killing off the mmdf probably didn't do a thing for you. And if the system is slow (and email isn't going out), then you probably have a problem with DNS (again, this is assuming that mmdf works like Sendmail) OR with someone using your system as a mail relay.

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The files in these folder start with msg. followed by very unusal characters including ASCII line graphics . I will however attempt to view one of these files and thanks for the input on this. The strange part is that this server is not used for emailing so these messages must aimed at the admin?

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RCVPACK(1)                                                           [nmh-1.5]                                                          RCVPACK(1)

NAME

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SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

       The rcvpack program will append a copy of the message to the file listed on its command line.

       If the -mbox switch is given (the default), then the messages are separated using mbox (uucp) style delimiters.  This is the format used by
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       If the -mmdf switch is given, then the messages are separated by mmdf style delimiters.  Each message in the  file  is  separated  by  four
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FILES

       /etc/nmh/mts.conf          nmh mts configuration file

SEE ALSO

       rcvdist(1), rcvstore(1), rcvtty(1), slocal(1)

BUGS

       Only two return codes are meaningful, others should be.

MH.6.8                                                             11 June 2012                                                         RCVPACK(1)

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