We have a script that run weekly to clean out that directory. Works fine for us. We had the same issue a while back and created the simple batch file to take care of it.
Easy script is below. :: Change to correct directory path below... del c:\inetpub\mailroot\badmail\*.* /Q Sincerely, Grant Griffith EI8HT LEGS Enhanced Web Management A Division of ETC http://www.getafreewebsite.com 877-483-3393 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: How to delete a mass of files on a Windows drive drive Well, I gave it about 4 hours to complete a del *.* and it didn't do it. This is a MS SMTP Badmail directory and I'm only guessing at the number of actual files because I can't see into that directory. I figured out the naming convention, and by doing a del *1.bad ought to target exactly 1/48th of the files if I am correct (3 different extensions and hex naming convention)...but that took 4 minutes to execute...BUT IT WORKED! The sad thing is that L0pht could crack virtually every password on a server in the time it takes to simply delete a directory full of files :( RAID would have really helped though. Sorry Goran, no native deltree in Windows (to my knowledge at least), but that might have been a good way around it if it didn't have to enumerate the files, which I think is essentially the same thing as a *.* within a single directory tree. I think it's time to see if I can configure MS SMTP on this server not to store Badmail (it's an ORF gateway). Hey Scott, is Declude Gateway 1.0 going to get released? :) Matt R. Scott Perry wrote: > >> I'm kind of befuddled with this one, but there is a directory on a >> certain machine that I estimate has about 50,000 or more files on an >> IDE hard drive and Windows 2003 will hang in Explorer when you try to >> delete or open the directory from that interface, and I also tried >> the command window and the DEL command with no luck either. I get a >> feeling that it is timing out while enumerating the files and not >> even starting to delete them. I tried searching for an answer on >> Google but couldn't figure out a good phrase to match this >> condition. Any help would be appreciated. > > > You might want to try going to a command prompt and typing "del a*.*", > "del b*.*", etc., until you have it down to a manageable size. I > can't guarantee that will work -- but I've encountered even larger > directories (on Windows 2000, I believe) and doing a directly listing > from a command prompt would take forever (almost literally -- perhaps > 30 minutes, so be patient!), but doing "dir a*" type commands would be > reasonably quick (seconds). > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail > mailservers since 2000. > Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in > mailserver vulnerability detection. > Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > -- ===================================================== MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ ===================================================== --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
