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Postfix defer/deferred folder too large

Discussion in 'Other Centmin Mod Installed software' started by Manhhailua, Nov 20, 2016.

  1. Manhhailua

    Manhhailua Member

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    Recently, I have found out that my VPS capacity running out quite fast. One reason is defer/deferred folder of postfix are too large. I have no idea how they working.
    Used htop, I saw too many postfix process is running.

     

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  2. eva2000

    eva2000 Administrator Staff Member

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    is outbound email working properly ? what's output for this command alias
    Code (Text):
    postfixlog
    

    you may want to mask or hide any email addresses that are private

    to remove deferred queue from postfix as per Postfix Flush the Mail Queue
    Code (Text):
    postsuper -d ALL deferred