Mail stuck in mail spool queue; 0-byte mail files

Question

We've had several occasions lately when mail gets stuck and won't send out of the mail/spool folder. In doing some research, I note others have had this problem when a 0-byte mail item gets created and it evidently hangs up the queue. The only solution I've found is restarting CF service;deleting the 0-byte file does not help. Does anyone have another solution? But more importantly, and to which I have not found an answer: why are 0-byte mails being created; what cuases this?

Answer 1

Yes, you are correct.  It is a known CF problem with no fix that I am aware of.  It is unknown exactly what causes the 0 byte files.  It is necessary to do the following:
- stop the cf services.
- delete the 0 byte files (zero byte files)
- start the services
I created a batch file that
- stoped the cf services
- used a program from the Windows Resource Kit called "robocopy.exe"  With robocopy you can move files that are smaller than xx bytes to a different folder.  Then del *.* those files.
- started the cf services
Then used task scheduler to launch the batch file once a day in the middle of the night, so it would automatically keep itself clean.