From: Jonathan (jreedcompton.net)
Date: Thu Jul 06 2006 - 14:14:20 CDT

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postfix ver: 1.1.11

Im sure im not the only one whos asked this before, but I havent been able
to find some documentation on the meaning of the asterisks in the -Queue ID-
column found beside QIDs. I'll see
these when viewing the mail queue with $(mailq).
-Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient-------
D404F873D5* 4269 Thu Jul 6 10:23:33 soandsopostfix.com
                                         someemailpostfix.com

What i've noticed is that the QIDs without an asterisks beside them, seem to
have their own entry somewhere in /var/spool/postfix/* and those WITH an
asterisks do not. My assumption is that
these entries are waiting for processing by postfix and have not yet been
committed to disk and are sitting somewhere in memory - correct me if I'm
worong.
What im wondering, is what the implications are for deleting QUEUE IDs with
the asterisks beside them. Should this be a something i should be worried
about?

Jonathan

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