RE: [squid-users] Query about the file /var/spool/mail/news in Squid Cache Version 1.1.22

> From: Chok Meng [mailto:chokmeng@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 6:11 AM
> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
>
> I have query on the above. I am using Squid Cache
> version 1.1.22 and I notice that there is a file
> called news in /var/spool/mail. And this file is
> growing. So, I would like to find out the following:
>
> 1. The purpose of the file.

it's the mail box file of user news.

>
> 2. How the file is being created?

by your mta.

>
> 3. What information in the file is important to a
> Squid administrator?

see 1.

>
> 4. How to housekeep the file? Is it just execute the
> command, cp /dev/null /var/spool/mail/news?

you can delete the file, of course. but maybe there
is some important information in it, so i suggest to
read the mails.

ciao -ap
Received on Mon Sep 24 2001 - 23:50:09 MDT