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Oracle Linux: "/var/spool/clientmqueue" Generating a Large Number of Files which is Occuping More Space (Doc ID 2110841.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 17, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 5.0 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

Malformed cron jobs can generate a large amount of emails. If sendmail is not configured to deliver this mail, hundreds of thousands of files can build up in the /var/spool/clientmqueue directory.

Cause

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