From: mouss (moussml.netoyen.net)
Date: Fri Jun 19 2009 - 18:08:58 CDT

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Carlos Williams a écrit :
> I notice that when I create a user in my Postfix server, I also create
> a file located in /var/spool/mail:
>
> ********************************************************************
>
> [rootmail mail]# ls -l
> total 0
> -rw-rw---- 1 user1 mail 0 Jun 8 11:35 user1
> -rw-rw---- 1 user2 mail 0 Jun 5 08:41 user2
> -rw-rw---- 1 user3 mail 0 Jun 9 10:00 user3
> -rw-rw---- 1 user4 mail 0 Jun 8 10:37 user4
> -rw-rw---- 1 user5 mail 0 May 21 15:15 user5
> -rw-rw---- 1 user6 mail 0 May 28 16:06 user6
> -rw-rw---- 1 user7 mail 0 May 21 15:20 user7
> -rw-rw---- 1 user8 mail 0 May 20 10:04 user8
>
> ********************************************************************
>
> I have Postfix running with /Maildir style mailboxes and all the users
> email gets stored in their /home directory so I am not
> sure why my Linux / Postfix system is generating these files. I
> normally don't mess with files in /var unless I know what I am
> doing which I obviously don't. Can someone tell me:
>
> 1 - Why this files are being generated

it's your "adduser" command. This is not postfix related.

> 2 - Can I delete them

Probably, unless something relies on. I would just leave them.

> 3 - How can I prevent future new users from having files generated in
> this directory
>

don't fight against the system.

> All the files are blank / empty so it does not appear to be doing much
> from what I can see.

These are not the only useless files your system, so why lose your time?

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