{"id":454,"date":"2021-07-23T12:30:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/how-to-manage-your-exim-queue\/"},"modified":"2021-07-23T12:30:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:30:14","slug":"how-to-manage-your-exim-queue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/how-to-manage-your-exim-queue\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage Your Exim Queue"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Overview<\/h2>\n

This document describes how to manage your Exim queue. These commands can help facilitate how Exim sends and receives mail.<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/div>\n
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You must<\/strong> have root<\/code>-user access to perform these commands. If you do not, contact your hosting provider for help with your Exim queue.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Exim commands to manage your email<\/h2>\n
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    To determine the total count of mail in the queue, use the exim -bpc<\/code> command.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    To remove a single message from the queue, use the exim -Mrm <MessageID><\/code> command:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    To remove messages from a specific email account in the mail queue, use the following command:\n<\/p>\n

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        exiqgrep -f user@compromised.tld -i | xargs exim -Mrm\n    <\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    To delete the entire queue, use the following command:\n<\/p>\n
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        exiqgrep -i | xargs exim -Mrm\n    <\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Warning:<\/div>\n
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    This will remove all<\/strong> email from the mail queue, which may include emails you want to send or receive. You cannot<\/strong> recover deleted emails.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Note:<\/div>\n
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    If you receive a message that an email is locked<\/code>, the system is in the process of sending the message.
    \n  For example, one message could be removed and another one could not:\n  <\/p>\n
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      Message 1JoX25-1168Q4-ME has been removed\n  Message ZB3747-P1rn5-23 is locked<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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