Re: [Exim] 2 basics frozen messages questions

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Author: Marc Haber
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] 2 basics frozen messages questions
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001 09:53:25 +0300 (MSK), Alexey Promokhov
<ayp@???> wrote:
>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?


Because exim might decide to do something with the files when one of
the files is already gone and the second still present. Better treat
the spool as a black box.

exim -Mrm isn't that hard.

Greetings
Marc

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