Hi,
I was able to see spam etc. piling up in the queue and check it now and then to make sure it wasn't returning in SL server.
Can somebody tell me where that view of the mail queue is in ML server?
Thanks,
Scott
Mac mini, OS X Server
Mail that's marked as spam should generally not be piling up in any queues, unless you're saving the spam for manual review.
One of the ways to see the queue is via the command-line qmgr command.
If you're not saving the messages for review and are somehow building a backup of spam and particularly in an outbound queue, then you may have an open relay here, or a compromised client or compromised server credentials that are allowing the folks to use your mail server for spamming.
Per the OS X 10.7 man qmgr doc, the queue files are here:
/Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool/incoming, incoming queue
/Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool/active, active queue
/Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool/deferred, deferred queue
/Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool/bounce, non-delivery status
/Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool/defer, non-delivery status
/Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool/trace, delivery status
Well, in SL, before I learned how to use the spam and blacklist controls, we had an issue where I could see a ton of messages piled up in that queue under Mail-> Maintenance-> Mail Queue.
I just got used to looking in at it to make sure it is clear, and it always has been.
Is there no such live view in ML, just those files?
ML is not SL, and not by any stretch. But you already knew that.
I usually launch Terminal.app and use the command line for this. Here's a quick sample for viewing the queue, deleting a specific entry, and deleting all entries.
mailq # aka postqueue -p
sudo mailsuper -d TargetMailMessageID
sudo mailsuper -d ALL
If that's the only way to see it, then I guess I'll take it. Thanks!
Where is the active mail queue?
