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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers mailq Post 40714 by tamemi on Monday 22nd of September 2003 08:37:50 AM
Old 09-22-2003
i removed them many times ,, each time i rm them ,, they regenerated again !!

also in queue there are other emails ( lligal emails ) or wanted emails ..

so i can not delete all queue ..

but those ( no control file ) queues are making load on the server and sometimes causing the server to go down when they increase .

how can i stop them !!
 

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