My query was how to use sendmail to clear a mail queue that had filled up
due to a user's account overfilling.
Many thanks to all who responded; guess this was a pretty easy question.
It was my first time playing with sendmail so I was a little cautious.
Basically one just enters "sendmail -q" and it clears the queue.
The -v option gives a more verbose output.
Respondents included:
judd <reiffin_at_ic.eecs.berkeley.edu>
Tom Webster <webster_at_ssdpdc.lgb.cal.boeing.com>
Arpad B. Palotas <abpalota_at_hungary.com>
Harald Volz <info_at_mpib-tuebingen.mpg.de>
Harold noted that one can go to www.sendmail.org for
latest sendmail, v.8.8.8
Anthony Talltree <aad_at_nwnet.net>
Ladrak, Evert <LadrakE_at_Vodac.com.au>
Matt Moore <moore_at_shemp.bucks.edu>
Tom Smith <smith_at_alum.mit.edu>
Lucio Chiappetti <lucio_at_ifctr.mi.cnr.it>
Carlos A M dos Santos <casantos_at_cpmet.ufpel.tche.br>
Pak Chan <pchan_at_videotron.co.uk>
Juha Suhonen <juhas_at_juhas.net>
Mike Iglesias <iglesias_at_draco.acs.uci.edu>
Mike suggested to add -ox20 option: if load average levels in
/etc/sendmail.cf are too low.
Paul A Sand <pas_at_unh.edu>
Paul suggested to:create a new /etc/sendmail.cf and comment out
MinQueueAge then rerun sendmail -v -q -C/etc/sendmail.cf.new.
Hugh Pritchard <Hugh.Pritchard_at_MCI.com>
Hugh suggested to add -s (queue will recover if machine
crashes during processing the queue).
bchill_at_bch.net <Brian C Hill>
Brian suggested adding -oem option.
Thanks again,
Kevin Tyle <kevin_at_meso.com>
MESO, Inc.
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