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RE: Fetchmail / exim / courier imap



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Joyce, Matthew wrote:

> 
> I fixed the problem of mails not arriving in my Maildir, they were ending
> up in /var/spool/exim/input with the error,
> 
> /home/matt/Maildir is not a regualr file. - Frozen
> 
> I had a .forward file in my home folder with the line /home/matt/Maildir,
> I deleted the file and it all started working.
> 
> I have several hundred emails frozen though, is there any way to get exim
> to reprocess them ?
> 
> ..and now that it is working, I'd like to filter the spam, and check for
> viruses...etc..
> 
> 
> Any advice please ?
> 
> Matt
> 
> 

The way I do it 

thaw frozen mail
/usr/sbin/exim  -Mt $( mailq | grep 'frozen' | awk '{print $3}' )

or to DELETE ALL FROZEN MAIL (CAUTION)
/usr/sbin/exim  -Mg $( mailq | grep 'frozen' | awk '{print $3}' )


Paul




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