# Big ".pag" file in .usermin/Maibox

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/big-pag-file-in-usermin-maibox/130139>\
**Category:** Usermin\
**Created:** [October 30, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/big-pag-file-in-usermin-maibox/130139 "2024-10-30T10:43:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steini](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/user_avatar/forum.virtualmin.com/steini/32/19731_2.png) [@Steini](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Steini)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/big-pag-file-in-usermin-maibox/130139/9 "2024-11-19T09:44:39Z")

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Is this of any help?

> [@space problem procmail.cache.pag](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/space-problem-procmail-cache-pag/46839/3):
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> Howdy, This is an odd area where it looks like it’s a problem, but it isn’t actually a problem slight_smile The file isn’t as large as it looks… if you run this command, you can get an accurate size: du -hs /var/webmin/procmail.cache\* Virtualmin uses this file to store parsed email logs for faster searching. If you want to remove it, you can… but it will be re-generated when you try to search mail logs via Virtualmin. It’s a special type of file, called a sparse dbm file. It utilizes spac…

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