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| From | Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 |
| Date | 2020-11-21 01:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <Bdpgd-5tB-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <Bd089-6VY-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <Bd0Bc-7lm-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 11/19/20 11:23 PM, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:42:53PM +0100, Flo wrote: >> The mail files for each account are stored at /var/mail. No it has come to >> that point that such a file exceeded 2GB. And 'Get Messages' doesn't work >> anymore. >> >> Does anyone know about this issue? Any hints to solve it? I could try a >> different pop3 server? > > I have no experience with popa3d but if it supports Maildir instead > of mbox format then you could start storing users' mails in Maildir > format. Maildir's one file per message approach usually provides > better performance, though you do end up with a lot of metadata > activity on the filesystem. > I don't think it can deal with the Maildir format. Thank you for sharing this idea. Flo
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Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2020-11-19 23:00 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-11-19 23:30 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2020-11-21 01:50 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Ulf Volmer <u.volmer@u-v.de> - 2020-11-20 00:10 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2020-11-21 01:50 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-11-21 09:00 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-21 22:40 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-11-22 01:10 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2020-11-22 19:00 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-11-22 21:10 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-11-22 22:40 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-11-22 23:40 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-23 07:10 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2020-11-23 10:30 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-11-23 11:30 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2020-11-23 12:20 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-11-23 13:30 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Didar Hossain <didar@purlo.in> - 2020-11-23 14:40 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2020-11-23 15:40 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-11-23 16:40 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2020-11-23 19:30 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2020-11-24 18:40 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-25 16:40 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2020-11-25 19:20 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-26 05:00 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-24 20:50 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-11-24 21:10 +0100
Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 황병희 <soyeomul@doraji.xyz> - 2020-11-21 03:50 +0100
Why use an email client AND sendmail/popa3d - trying to NOT hijack Keith Bainbridge <ke1thozgroups@gmx.com> - 2020-11-23 03:30 +0100
Re: Why use an email client AND sendmail/popa3d - trying to NOT hijack Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-11-23 11:50 +0100
Re: Why use an email client AND sendmail/popa3d - trying to NOT hijack The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-11-23 12:20 +0100
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