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Date:      Wed, 22 Aug 2001 00:23:28 -0700
From:      Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org>
To:        Brown - Ozxpress Support <brown@ozxpress.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: need help with mailserver
Message-ID:  <20010822002327.A19881@helios.soupnazi.org>
In-Reply-To: <001301c12ad7$62f8eae0$e66386cb@cnnet.com.au>
References:  <001301c12ad7$62f8eae0$e66386cb@cnnet.com.au>

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On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 at 16:55:10 +1000, Brown - Ozxpress Support wrote:
> Hi, i have just done a fresh install of freebsd 4.3 using the default
> partition sizes, and /var is so small that it keeps filling up with
> mail. Is there an easy way to either resize the partition without
> losing data, or to move the mail to a new location?

* Kill off your MTA (sendmail, I'm assuming).

* Copy /var/mail to /usr/local/mail or somesuch.

* rm -rf /var/mail

* ln -fs /usr/local/mail /var/mail

* restart your MTA

- jim

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jim mock <mij@soupnazi.org>              tech writer | iXsystems, Inc.
http://soupnazi.org/         work: jim@ixsystems.net | jim@FreeBSD.org

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