spool files not temp?

2010-04-14 Thread Matt Sergeant
Hi, Can anyone remember the reason that the spool files aren't proper temp files (deleted upon open)? We often end up with a hard restart of qpsmtpd and having these files left around is annoying... Matt.

Re: spool files not temp?

2010-04-14 Thread Charlie Brady
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Matt Sergeant wrote: Hi, Can anyone remember the reason that the spool files aren't proper temp files (deleted upon open)? We often end up with a hard restart of qpsmtpd and having these files left around is annoying... I asked that question, and I think there was a

Re: spool files not temp?

2010-04-14 Thread Charlie Brady
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Charlie Brady wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Matt Sergeant wrote: Hi, Can anyone remember the reason that the spool files aren't proper temp files (deleted upon open)? We often end up with a hard restart of qpsmtpd and having these files left around is

Re: spool files not temp?

2010-04-14 Thread Charlie Brady
My tuppence worth - this potential debugging value doesn't justify risking leaving detritus in the spool directory. Delete the files on open and be done with it. There's no reason they shouldn't be anonymous. On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Charlie Brady wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Charlie Brady wrote:

Re: spool files not temp?

2010-04-14 Thread Ask Bjørn Hansen
On Apr 14, 2010, at 17:19, Matt Sergeant wrote: Can anyone remember the reason that the spool files aren't proper temp files (deleted upon open)? We often end up with a hard restart of qpsmtpd and having these files left around is annoying... Just to come up with a different explanation

Re: spool files not temp?

2010-04-14 Thread Charlie Brady
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Ask Bj?rn Hansen wrote: On Apr 14, 2010, at 17:19, Matt Sergeant wrote: Can anyone remember the reason that the spool files aren't proper temp files (deleted upon open)? We often end up with a hard restart of qpsmtpd and having these files left around is