Re: Purge sendmail queue

[Richard A Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, T o n g wrote:

> Is there any way to purge sendmail queue?

1) The "Get a bigger hammer" approach:
	/etc/init.d/sendmail stop
	rm -f /var/spool/mqueue
	/etc/init.d/sendmail start

2) The "Not every problem is nail" approach:
	man qtool
	This way, you can delete only messages for certain recipients, over
	a certain age, etc...

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Rick Nelson
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           protected from naked women, medical procedures, diverse
	   cultures, and violent video games.
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           manufacturing drugs is okay...)