hello, could you please help an absolute newbie?

it happens that i run over quota, and i guess this is why the directory /usr/spool/mqueue is full of files with strange names... f.eg. dfg0DBwL723679

I've tryed to download some files and they do contain emails I have (was thinking they would be) sent time ago.

Now I'm wondering if I can delete these files without problems... or if I can not... those file take a lot of webspace...

thanks a lot for your help and... btw... its a freebsd server!

This is your Mail Que...
A que for outgoing mails... You CAN delete these, however, they will not be delivered then...

thanx for your reply.. .well... frankly speaking I'm really wondering why some files are already 20 days old.... is there a way to "push" the server to send them now? do you know why they are there, why they have not been sent in the meantime?

thanks a again and big sorry for my questions ;))

To clear the queue for sendmail, just type

sendmail -q

Check your senamil prefs. Normally, mail is queued for 5 days by default, i think.