/var filling up

[sparek-3]

We have been experiencing problems with the /var partition on our server filling up. The spool directory seems to be the directory that keeps getting full. The directories:

/var/spool/exim/input
/var/spool/exim/msglog

What can we do to prevent these directories from filling up? Has anyone else noticed this problem lately?

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[mickeymouse]

Dear sparek-3,

You can safely delete the -D files, but to be on the safe side, only delete the one, which are older than 10 minutes or so (maybe 1h).A little perl-script could do the job.
You could disable the use of the msglog dirs, this will save on disk io. You can do this in your exim config

no_message_logs

Alter the rights of the dir so exim can write

chown exim.exim /var/spool/exim.in -R

For more information regarding log maintenance,refer the URL:

http://www.venturesonline.com/docs/whm/logs.htm#_Toc520960423

Regards,