Thanks for that Cory.
What exactly are those messages that get held in the queue? Judging on
the output of qmail-qread:
d97# /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qread
22 Mar 2003 16:24:20 GMT #464 3405 <>
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
23 Mar 2003 02:49:04 GMT #73 9234 <>
remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
they look like people are trying to bounce (is that the correct
terminology?) spam through my mail server, am I correct?
Thanks again
Clint
----- Original Message -----
From: Cory Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, March 23, 2003 2:31 pm
Subject: Re: [vchkpw] 2 Messages stuck in queue
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 02:09:22PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:> How do I free up those 2 messages in the queue?
>
> When you say 'free up' do you mean bounce? If so, you should use the
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qread program to first get information about
> the
> messages:
>
> # /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qread
> 22 Mar 2003 14:33:41 GMT #540874 11314 <>
> remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 22 Mar 2003 14:34:09 GMT #541588 11329 <>
> remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> The number after the date is the queue id, this comes from the
> files inode.
> You will need that piece of information to 'clear' messages from
> the queue.
> I put the following code in a script named 'qexpire' and use it to
> expiremessages from the queue:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
> echo "usage: qexpire queueid [...]"
> exit 1
> fi
> for i in "$@"; do
> find /var/qmail/queue/info/ -name "$i" -exec touch -d '2 weeks
> ago' {} \;
> done
>
> So, to remove the two messages in the example above I would issue the
> following:
>
> # qexpire 540874 541588
>
> If the messages fail to send when qmail next attempts delivery
> then they
> will bounce. To immediately force qmail to attempt to deliver
> them you
> can send qmail-send an ALRM:
>
> # svc -a /service/qmail-send
>
> I am assuming that you are using a LWQ installation since you used the
> qmailctl script. You may find that the qmail-send service
> directory is
> named something other than 'qmail-send' on your system.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Cory
>
> --
> Cory Wright
> Stand Blue Technology
> http://www.standblue.net/
>
>
