large amount of data in /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming

[jols]

We are starting to see a large amount of data in:

/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming

... which is eating up valuable space in /var

Question - Can I just move the /incoming directory to /home, and then symlink it from /var/spool/MailScanner/ ?

[alinford]

Does anyone know if this will work?

[Sarah]

We would not expect to see a large amount of data in /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming as most of that is temporary files. At any rate, we would never recommend using a symlink for any of the MailScanner system directories. As the configuration file itself states for this setting:

NOTE: The path given here must not include any links at all,
NOTE: but must be the absolute path to the directory.

[alinford]

I understand that it is temporary, but if I am using the quarantine option which saves a copy of the legit email as well, it does add up. I guess I will need to turn off that option.