Re: [Exim] Files left in /var/spool/exim/input

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Szerző: Philip Hazel
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Címzett: Simon Huggins
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Tárgy: Re: [Exim] Files left in /var/spool/exim/input
On Tue, 22 May 2001, Simon Huggins wrote:

> Hmm, that machine has been up since the 2nd May at least (wtmp rotated
> then) so it hasn't crashed.
> Could it happen if the thing that was feeding it had died for some
> reason?


No, Exim should clean up in that circumstance, but you never know, it
may be buggy...

> Yes, sorry, the -D ones. But they do seem to be complete messages - the
> end appears intact and there are about 50 of them like this.


Exim writes the D file before it writes the H file - it keeps the header
in memory, reads and writes the D file, and then creates the H file as
its final act in receiving a message.

After delivery, the D file is removed first, and then the H file.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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