Mailq

[JasonWarren]

Hi,
If I want to remove all mail from the mailq is there a better way than manually deleting files from the following directory?

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# cd /var/spool/mqueue

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# rm <insert your file name here>

Any help would be appreciated.

Best regards,

Jason

[techsharp]

Sure

do this:

cd /var/spool/mqueue

and then rm -f *

that will delete every message in that folder.

[JasonWarren]

Hi
thanks for the reply, but can I ask whether its safe to delete mail from the mailq at any time or should the scalix/sendmail services be stopped first.

Best regards,


Jason

[mikethebike]

Jason,

best to stop sendmail, then run:

fuser *

to make sure there are no processes with those files open.

then rm -f d*
rm -f q*

Mick