On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 12:46:32PM -0500, JJB wrote: > I see in mail log some deferred email being held. > Is there a way to clear this email from sendmail?
You can process the mail queue manually by: # /usr/sbin/sendmail -q -v or # /usr/sbin/sendmail -Ac -q -v for the clientmqueue stuff. (-v means verbose -- you can omit that, but it's kind of amusing to watch) > Maybe so sendmail sub command? If your mail system is set up correctly, there should be a process that runs regularly (every 30min is usual) to flush the queue. If you: # cat /var/run/sendmail.pid or # cat /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid the second line shows the arguments used to startup sendmail. There should be something like '-q30m' in there. Messages can get stuck in the mail queue for valid reasons -- destination site is down, DNS fubarred, loss of network connectivity etc. Use: # mailq -v or # mailq -Ac -v to see the status of all messages in the mail queue or the client mail queue. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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