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"'''sendmail'''" can be told to only flush certain items from the "'''queue'''" with an additional argument to "'''-q'''". One can <u>flush</u> email messages that match a <u>specific</u> recipient: | "'''sendmail'''" can be told to only flush certain items from the "'''queue'''" with an additional argument to "'''-q'''". One can <u>flush</u> email messages that match a <u>specific</u> recipient: | ||
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<div class="screenTitle">Try To Flush A Specific "''sendmail''" Queued Email Message:</div> | |||
<div class="userInput"><span class="prompt">[root@probe-222 root]# </span>/usr/local/sbin/sendmail -qR "securecomputing.com" -v</div> | |||
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All '''queued''' email messages with a recipient address that matches: "'''securecomputing.com'''" will be flushed out. | |||
Revision as of 18:54, 29 March 2007
How To Flush All Email Messages From The Sendmail Queue
Sometimes email messages can be queued up with the Mail Transport Agent: "sendmail". The following command line can be used to manually try to immediately flush out All emails queued up by "sendmail". Even though a "sendmail" service may be running, this command is Ok to use, it will only run once and then terminate.
Try To Flush The Entire "sendmail" Queue:
[root@probe-222 root]# /usr/local/sbin/sendmail -q -v
How To Flush A Specific Email Message From The Sendmail Queue
"sendmail" can be told to only flush certain items from the "queue" with an additional argument to "-q". One can flush email messages that match a specific recipient:
Try To Flush A Specific "sendmail" Queued Email Message:
[root@probe-222 root]# /usr/local/sbin/sendmail -qR "securecomputing.com" -v
All queued email messages with a recipient address that matches: "securecomputing.com" will be flushed out.
