Private/tmp file filled with random folders

Several times in the past few months I have had the Private/tmp file filled with random folders taken off of my HD. I can easily find them with Whatsize but they are always in the Private/tmp file. This, of course brings my startup disc up with the usual warning "Startup disc is full.
I have looked on console and the only thing that looks suspicious is the following entry:
Sep 22 12:35:34 <user>-imac com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master[934]): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 935 PPID 1 pickup
This entry occurs continuously throughout the log.
I use both Super duper and Time Machine to back up my systems HD and my Docs HD.
Any help on this. I have used Apples since 1982 and this is a first.
Thanks

Thanks Red Menace.
I am aware of the regular tmp files, but what I am talking about is over 500GB of random files from my hard disk put into the private/tmp folder. It is not the normal machine operation.
Further investigation indicates it might be Super Duper, but I can not find an exact duplicate of my problem

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