To remove all mails from exim queue :
rm -rf /var/spool/exim/input/*
Deleting Frozen Mails:
exim -bpr | grep frozen | awk {‘print $3′} | xargs exim -Mrm
exiqgrep -z -i | xargs exim -Mrm
To delete only frozen messages older than a day:
exiqgrep -zi -o 86400 | xargs exim -Mrm
where you can change 86400 depending on the time frame you want to keep.( 1 day = 86400 seconds. ).
To forcefully deliver mails in queue, use the following exim command:
exim -bpru |awk ‘{print $3}’ | xargs -n 1 -P 40 exim -v -M
To flush the mail queue:
exim -qff
/usr/sbin/exim -qff
exim -qf – Force another queue run
To clear spam mails from Exim Queue:
grep -R -l [SPAM] /var/spool/exim/msglog/*|cut -b26-|xargs exim -Mrm
To clear frozen mails from Exim Queue.
grep -R -l ‘*** Frozen’ /var/spool/exim/msglog/*|cut -b26-|xargs exim -Mrm
To clear mails from Exim Queue for which recipient cannot not be verified.
grep -R -l ‘The recipient cannot be verified’ /var/spool/exim/msglog/*|cut -b26-|xargs exim -Mrm
To find exim queue details. It will show ( Count Volume Oldest Newest Domain ) details.
exim -bp |exiqsumm
To remove root mails from exim queue :
When mail queue is high due to root mails, and you only need to remove the root mails and not any other valid mails.
exim -bp |grep “”|awk ‘{print $3}’|xargs exim -Mrm
Replace “HOSTNAME” with server hostname
To remove nobody mails from exim queue :
When you need to clear nobody mails, you can use the following command.
exiqgrep -i -f nobody@HOSTNAME | xargs exim -Mrm (Use -f to search the queue for messages from a specific sender)
exiqgrep -i -r nobody@HOSTNAME | xargs exim -Mrm (Use -r to search the queue for messages for a specific recipient/domain)
Replace “HOSTNAME” with server hostname
Run a pretend SMTP transaction from the command line, as if it were coming from the given IP address. This will display Exim’s checks, ACLs, and filters as they are applied. The message will NOT actually be delivered.
# exim -bh
To forcefully deliver mails of a particular domain :
exim -v -Rff domain
To find the number of frozen mails in queue :
exim -bpr | grep frozen | wc -l
To find the number of mails in Queue:
exim -bpr | grep “<" | wc -l
exim -bpc
To view the log for the message :
exim -Mvl message ID
To show the mail in queue for $name
exim -bp|grep $name
To view the message header
exim -Mvh $MSGID
To view the message body
exim -Mvb $MSGID
To forcefully deliver the message
exim -M $MSGID
To view the transact of the message
exim -v -M $MSGID
To remove message without sending any error message
exim -Mrm messageID
To check the mails in the queue
exim -bp
To check the syntactic errors
exim -C /config/file.new -bV
To delete mails for a particular domain
exim -bp | grep "” | awk {‘print $3′} | xargs exim -Mrm
To view number of mails in queue for each domain
exim -bp | exiqsumm | grep -v ‘\-\-’ | grep -v ‘Volume’ | grep -v ‘^$’ | sort -bg | awk ‘{print “Volume: ” $1 ” \t Domain: ” $5}’A
Run the following command to pull the most used mailing script’s location from the Exim mail log:
grep cwd /var/log/exim_mainlog | grep -v /var/spool | awk -F”cwd=” ‘{print $2}’ | awk ‘{print $1}’ | sort | uniq -c | sort -n
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