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== How To Flush A Specific Email Message From The Sendmail Queue == | == How To Flush A Specific Email Message From The Sendmail Queue == | ||
"'''sendmail'''" can be told to only flush certain | "'''sendmail'''" can be told to <u>only</u> flush certain emails from the "'''queue'''" with an additional argument to "'''-q'''". One can <u>flush</u> email messages that match a <u>specific</u> recipient's address: | ||
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<div class="screenTitle">Try To Flush A Specific "''sendmail''" Queued Email Message:</div> | <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> | <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. | All '''queued''' email messages with a recipient address that matches: "'''securecomputing.com'''" will be flushed out. You can also use "'''-qS'''" to match on the "'''sender'''" and "'''-qI'''" to match on the "'''queue ID'''". | ||
Revision as of 18:59, 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 emails from the "queue" with an additional argument to "-q". One can flush email messages that match a specific recipient's address:
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. You can also use "-qS" to match on the "sender" and "-qI" to match on the "queue ID".
