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Safely delete BADMAIL files?

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by scifiman

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How do I go about safely deleting the BADMAIL files. I have 1.7GB (573,000 files) in it and that can't be good. I haven't found a setting yet that automatically helps to keep that cleaned up. Any help is appreciated.

Regards,
David

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by dklippert

Yes, you can safely delete the contents of the Badmail folder.
They are messages that cannot be delivered by the server. Such as NDR's sent to a nonexistant domain.
They won't be used again.
You could write a small batch file that deletes the contents and perhaps run that with the Task Scheduler.
Be sure to check for viruses. While it's normal to have items in the Badmail directory, a virus can generate abnormal numbers of messages.

by joshua1

It's safe to delete those files. In fact, you should delete them from time to time. They stay there until they are manually deleted (or a batch file) by design. Sometimes they're helpful in troubleshooting. You can also find some probes, etc. inthere.

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