On 04/03/2012 12:02 PM, SergeyK wrote:
> 
> (sorry if you get this message twice)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have 500K emails in __@!internal_delivery_user!@__ user's INBOX that make
> half of the database and cause slow functioning of the whole system
> (dbmail-1 + postgresql).

dbmail-1 ?? Surely you must be joking!

> I understand the purpose of the user, but it seems that the emails are
> getting stuck there.

It shouldn't happen, but apparently it does. When ever a message is
delivered to dbmail it is stored in the internal user's INBOX and from
there copied to the destinations. Looks like there's a code-path that
will not cleanup after itself.

> Is its safe do delete old messages from this mailbox?

They are basically orphaned messages.

> If i mark the messages for deletion (status=2), will dbmail-util -d,
> dbmail-util -p delete them?

Good idea. That would work.



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