Email Issue on my dedicated box

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Posted by ChrisF79, 12-21-2008, 11:55 PM
Email Issue on my dedicated box Greetings: I have an account on a Cpanel server wehre the account owner has not checked the default email address cpanel creates in 3 years. As a result, there are 154,000 emails sitting in there. Is there a way I can just delete all of them off the server all at once? Also, is there a way I can keep this from happening on all of my accounts? P.S.- I think I posted this in the wrong forum earlier for cpanel so excuse my double post. __________________ Chris Farrugia, REALTORNaples Real Estate
Posted by tws, 12-22-2008, 12:01 AM
ConfigServer has an addon utility that allows you to easily empty a mailbox: http://www.configserver.com/cp/cmm.html
Posted by Cirtex, 12-22-2008, 12:49 AM
That tool above should do it, but if it hasn't been checked for 3+ years at all, you probably have a lot of work left to do, more than meets the eye :\ I'd recommend transferring your account to a new server or just back this account and reinstall the server. Good luck __________________Ã¢ÂÂÃ¢ÂÂ¢ CirtexHosting Ã¢ÂÂ¢ Providing Affordable and Quality Web Hosting
Posted by ChrisF79, 12-22-2008, 01:03 AM
Cirtex: What other things need to be done? __________________ Chris Farrugia, REALTORNaples Real Estate
Posted by net, 12-22-2008, 02:10 AM
Moved > Technical
Posted by Steven, 12-22-2008, 02:49 AM
Quote: Originally Posted by ChrisF79 Greetings: I have an account on a Cpanel server wehre the account owner has not checked the default email address cpanel creates in 3 years. As a result, there are 154,000 emails sitting in there. Is there a way I can just delete all of them off the server all at once? Also, is there a way I can keep this from happening on all of my accounts? P.S.- I think I posted this in the wrong forum earlier for cpanel so excuse my double post. He probably has a catchall setup. To stop this in the future edit the valias file: /etc/valiases/domain.com find the line that looks like *: username make it look like *: :fail: it wont store default mail anymore. __________________Steven CiaburriSystem Administration ExtraordinaireCompetent Linux Server Management from Rack911

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