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Subject: Re: Full queue and postfix dies
From: Tass (tassmorag.kenderhome.com)
Date: Tue Jul 04 2000 - 09:54:10 CDT

On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Wietse Venema wrote:

> Tass:
> [queue_minfree = $message_size_limit]
> > Does this configuration parameter shut off the incoming smtp connections?
> > Or does it issue a 4.x.x code to the sender ?
>
> Postfix sends a 4XX reply to the SMTP client. There is no portable
> way to get automatic notification when disk space becomes available
> again.
>
> One could write a kernel module and pseudo device to do this, but
> why bother when you can buy GBytes of disk for almost nothing.
>
> Wietse
>

Thank you. I just needed to know for documentation to my managers (:

Believe or not we have filled up 18GB spools a few times now... 

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