On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 02:15:44PM -0400, David Kramer wrote: > On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Thomas Bartolucci wrote: > > > Right now I'm in the process of upgrading my email server, so I want all > > mail to halt. My mail queue however keeps getting bogged down by > > mailman cron jobs. What do I have to do to stop these. > > > > So far I've: > > > > 1. Stop qrunner altogether > > 2. Commented out the entire MAILMAN_HOME/cron/crontab.in > > I'm not an expert, but it's my understanding that crontab.in is the source > file that gets copied over to the working file. The actual file you need > to modify is /etc/cron.d/mailman (at least on my system). Comment out all > the lines that are not commented out, or just move that file to some other > directory temporarily.
Other cron jobs probably send mail too. You should really stop the cron daemon. For most Linux machines, run this: /etc/init.d/crond stop -- Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps. Have a great day and don't forget to laugh! http://www.gcfl.net (The Good, Clean Funnies List): Good, clean daily funnies you can safely tell your mom! ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/