Need help with Inetpub/mailroot/badmail

[Huevo]

I am having some problems with this directory. I don't have exchange server. We have internet mail. It still seems to fill up and cause our drive to fill up to capacity. I have tried deleting some of the files in this directory (.bdp, .bdr, .bad) through the command prompt. This used to do the trick to help maintain disk space. Today it doesn't seem to be working. What can I do?

 

[porkchopexpress]

Try using Process Explorer to see what it holding the files open.

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml

 

[markdmac]

I use a script to autodelete files in that folder older than however many days I want.

'===============================================
'
' VBScript Source File -- 
'
' NAME: CleanBadMail.vbs
'
' AUTHOR: Mark D. MacLachlan , The Spider's Parlor
' URL   : [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.thespidersparlor.com[/URL]	
' Copywrite (c) 2003 All rights reserved
' DATE  : 09/10/2003
'
' COMMENT: 
'
' This script will list all filtered and quarantined SPAM mail, check that 
' the files are more than 30 days old and then delete them.
' This file is to be scheduled to run each day.
'=====================================

Path1 = "E:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1\BadMail"

Dim fso 
Dim oFolder
Dim oFile
Dim oSubFolder

  Set fso = createobject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
  
   Set oFolder = fso.GetFolder(Path1)
  
  For Each oFile In oFolder.files
   	If DateDiff("d", oFile.DateCreated,Now) > 30 Then
    	oFile.Delete True
    End If
  Next

Set oFolder = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[Huevo]

I don't have Exchange server running. Will this script still work?

 

[markdmac]

The script has nothing to do with Exchange, it just deletes files from whatever folder you specify in the path. Run the script as a scheduled task to have it run once a day to keep those files down to a manageable level.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark