Mail Queue Count

**DigiCrime** · 09-28-2004 02:45 PM

Is it possible to get a total amount of emails in the queue from the command line rather then looking in WHM?

ls -A /var/spool/mail | wc -l isnt very accurrate but it'd be nice if I could find out from a command line

**manghooli** · 09-28-2004 03:42 PM

the way that i used:

use:

Code:

ls -l /var/spool/exim/input | wc -l

devide the result by 2

**DigiCrime** · 09-28-2004 03:57 PM

thats what I use I just typed it wrong

Thought maybe there was another way

**anup123** · 09-28-2004 05:17 PM

try

exim -bpc

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**DigiCrime** · 09-28-2004 08:28 PM

Cool thanks

**Host4u2** · 10-07-2004 06:05 AM

There is a big difference between the 2 commands...

Code:

ls -l /var/spool/exim/input | wc -l

returns: 4776

Code:

exim -bpc

returns: 1651

.

**anup123** · 10-07-2004 06:19 AM

And what's the figure shown by WHM Mail Que?

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**Host4u2** · 10-07-2004 06:43 AM

Great question

Current returns are as follows...

Code:

ls -l /var/spool/exim/input | wc -l

returns: 1997

Code:

exim -bpc

returns: 236

WHM Queue returns: 236

.

**anup123** · 10-07-2004 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by Host4u2

Great question

Current returns are as follows...

Code:

ls -l /var/spool/exim/input | wc -l

returns: 1997

Code:

exim -bpc

returns: 236

WHM Queue returns: 236

.

Results self explanatory

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**Host4u2** · 10-07-2004 06:51 AM

Yeppers! The figures don't lie

**anup123** · 10-07-2004 06:53 AM

Or perhaps you could try following for a clearer view

exim -bp | exiqsumm

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**DomineauX** · 10-07-2004 03:21 PM

Great, and useful stuff to know!

Thanks!

Any clue what the best way would be to dump all queued mail older than a number of days such as 2 days?

**DigiCrime** · 10-07-2004 03:27 PM

timeout_frozen_after = 7d

Change that to 2 days

timeout_frozen_after = 2d

**anup123** · 10-07-2004 03:37 PM

Yup could try by putting that in top box of WHM Exim Configuration editor as if you edit exim.conf from ssh, it would get overwritten in next exim update

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**DomineauX** · 10-07-2004 03:47 PM

Though I appreciate the edit, what I need is just a command to run if I happen to run across a server that has lots of old (beyond the number of days set for timeout) mail queued up.
I was contracted to do some clean up work on a server for someone recently and found mail queued that was 89+ days old. And a total of about 12000 emails that were older than 4 days.
Had to dump the entire queue as I could not find a way to delete all old stuff and leave current.

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