Re: what happens to mail when device is full?

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, S.A. Birl wrote:

> On Feb 16, Nikolaj Fleischer (nospam-nf(_at_)9k(_dot_)dk(_dot_)ns) typed:
>
> Nick:  Now my question is, what happened? It looks to me as if the mails where
> Nick:  delivered to the procmail command and then removed from the postfix 
> mailqueue.
> Nick:  Where did the mails go, into the blue? The test mails I have send 
> where not
> Nick:  bounced back, so it may seem as if they were accepted and store 
> somewhere on
> Nick:  the machine.
> Nick:
> Nick:  Any suggestions og request for more information are welcome.
> Nick:
> Nick:  regards
>
>
>
> procmailrc says:
>
> ORGMAIL     Usually the system mailbox  (ORiGinal  MAILbox).
>            If,  for  some  obscure reason (like `filesystem
>            full') the mail could  not  be  delivered,  then
>            this  mailbox will be the last resort.  If proc-
>            mail fails to save the mail in here (deep,  deep
>            trouble  :-),  then the mail will bounce back to
>            the sender.
        BTW, you see will the Load Everage climb to be unbearable

Bye,
  Udi


> Thanks
> Birl
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