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Postfix Mail Server "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop" Mail Queue Fills /var on Linux Instance

edited Jun 6, 2023 2:59AM in Linux

A Linux instance is running the Postfix mail server. The /var/ filesystem on the server has filled to 100% utilization, and further checking subdirectories in /var shows that there are a thousands of files in the /var/spool/postfix/maildrop directory.

# du -sh /var/spool/postfix/maildrop

12G    /var/spool/postfix/maildrop

# ls -lrt|tail

-rwxr--r--. 1 root  postdrop 40292 Dec 19 15:06 3A71855F715A

-rwxr--r--. 1 root  postdrop 40291 Dec 19 15:08 0D44A54C881E

-rwxr--r--. 1 opc   postdrop  866 Dec 19 15:10 7ABD855035CA

-rwxr--r--. 1 opc   postdrop  871 Dec 19 15:10 6A9705EEF3DC

-rwxr--r--. 1 root  postdrop 40292 Dec 19 15:10 54FF354C9718

-rwxr--r--. 1 root  postdrop 40292 Dec 19 15:12 26C1E54C8823

-rwxr--r--. 1 root  postdrop  772 Dec 19 15:15 972A554C882C

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