On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Marc Haber wrote:
> >> > 2) How do I delete them ?
> >> exim -Mrm <message-id> ...
> >Does it correctly to delete them using F8 key in Midnight Commander? (Or
> >with rm command, in general).
> All accesses to the spool directory should happen through the
> documented access methods. Keep your hands out of the spool unless you
> know exactly what you are doing. Your using mc, and asking this
> question proves that you don't. I'm using mc sometimes :)
What harm my system can receive if I remove some messages from spool
directory by hands? Currently I'm experimenting with Exim by sending many
test messages to fake destinations. When Exim starts working exactly as I
need, these fake messages of course should be deleted. F8 key is the fastest
method. I never seen any problems during this experiments.
I know that these two files are message body and its headers. Why I cannot
delete them?
Sorry for stupid questions. But I worked with MS-DOS since 1993, and trying to
use DOS methods in Unix...
