From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Thu Jul 06 2006 - 14:27:15 CDT

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Jonathan:
> 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

This is an omission in the documentation.

QUEUEID* active queue
QUEUEID! hold queue
QUEUEID maildrop, incoming or deferred queue

        Wietse

> 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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