On Tue, Apr 07, 2026 at 01:34:27AM +0200, Gregor Zattler wrote: > Hi Haines, > * Haines Brown <[email protected]> [2026-04-06; 12:52 -04]: > > By mistake I sent a message (mutt, fetchmail, exim) that was > > missing a From: line in the header. As the result I'm deluged with > > frozen messages. > > > > I understand that the command # exiqgrep -z -i | xargs exim -Mrm > > removed all frozen mail. It does so but the broken message > > continues to be received. > > might it be that fetchmail pulls the email > again and again from the imap server? > If so, delete the email there. > > > Ciao; Gregor
I assume it is my exim that functions as my mail server. I purged exim and removed /etc/exim4 and reinstalled it. It did't help. There are exim files in /usr/sbin but I asssumed the purge removed them. So just where are you suggesting I delete mail? -- Haines Brown
