I think that if you do remove them, then LSMTP will not complete the timeout cycle which includes notifying the owner that the message is undeliverable and the owner will not know to correct or delete the bad address. -----Original Message----- From: Tim Parker [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 8:36 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: .mai files in LSMTP spool directories Thanks for the info! I will do just that! Tim -----Original Message----- From: Jacob Haller [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 9:33 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: .mai files in LSMTP spool directories >I have several thousand .mai files in my LSMTP spool directories that appear >to be non-deliverable. Upon looking at them through notepad they appear to >have misspelled domains and such. Is it acceptable and safe to delete these? >It appears that the listserv is still "holding" on to these thinking they >are going to be delivered. What is the best practice for removing these? >Thanks. LISTSERV and LSMTP are seperate pieces of software, so LISTSERV doesn't enter into things here. If you move files in or out of LSMTP's spool directories you need to restart LSMTP. I mostly wouldn't bother; mail to the destinations will time out and bounce after four days (by default) anyway, and the bad mail in the spool shouldn't have a noticable effect on LSMTP's handling of other mail. -- Jacob Haller, Technical Support L-Soft international, Inc http://www.lsoft.com/