Cron Job to Delete Mail Queue

Type this with root access:

Code:

crontab -e

then add the following lines

Code:

0 */2 * * * /scripts2/killeximq >/dev/null 2>&1

This will clear your mail queues in every two hours....

 

Hello,

create a file in /root
#cd /root
#cat rmail.sh

#!/bin/bash
/cd /var/spool/exim/input;
rm -rf *;

#sh rmail.sh

Then add this entry in your cron tab
#crontab -e
0 0-23/2 * * * /root/rmail.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
Then save the file.

it will help you to solve your issue

Let me know the status.

 

No, It don't work. There is no folder /scripts2 and also killeximq command in cpanel And also the time setting is wrong. You have set the cron to work every 30 minute.

 

Bear in mind that this is an extremely bad idea. If you do this you will definitely lose legitimate email. If you want to play with the mail queue you should do it through the mechansims provided with exim. If you're finding that your mail queue is getting out of hand (more than a few hundred emails) then you should fix the root cause of the problem and not ignore it by trying to remove what is an essential part of any MTA.

 

Sorry, for the wrong command for killing exim mail queues manually. The right command is as follows:

Code:

/usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/whostmgr2 killeximq

You can just add it with your cron as mentioned before. However, I agree 100% with chripy. It's really not a good idea since you'll be losing some legitimate emails for sure. You might consider doing it through WHM (Main >> Email >> Manage Mail Queue >> Delete all messages in Queue) - at least you'll have some idea about the queued messages you'll be deleting. I was wondering, why don't you configure RBL as it eliminates at least 80%~90% of the spams. You can also try chirpy's solution:

(http://www.configserver.com/cp/mailscanner.html)

 

By searching and a little application. For a start you should have a look through the following post:
http://forums.cpanel.net/showpost.php?p=187669&postcount=2

 

I saw the link '/scripts2/killeximq' from WHM and thought that it would work from command line as well. I should have checked it before posting it though. Anyway, the cpanel script for cleaning mail queues from command line is:

/usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/whostmgr2 killeximq

There are built-in exim commands for doing this as well. You can check the Unix manual for crontab. */2 means every two hours and (30 * * * *) would run the cron in every half an hour.

http://www.rt.com/man/crontab.5.html

 

I found some interesting links for mailing the queued mails to another email address:

http://freebsd.munk.nu/archives/151-Forwarding-Mail-To-Gmail.html

You can also configure exim.conf in the router section:

Code:

clear_queue:
    driver = accept
    domains = Your.Client
    condition = Check for the $message_age here if needed
    transport = some_transport_to_save_it_away

or

Code:

clear_queue:
    driver = redirect
    domains = your.client
    condition = Check for the $message_age here if needed
    data = :blackhole:

You can get a detailed summary of spams with the following command from root:

Code:

exim -bp | exiqsumm

Or you can type the following command and exim will try to deliver the mails in queue including the frozen mails.

Code:

exim -qff

If you go through the exim documentation then you will see that if the message is frozen then you can delete them in one line command:

Code:

exim -bpru|grep frozen|awk {'print $3'}|xargs exim -Mrm

if the message is <> then run the following command:

Code:

exim -bpru|grep '<>'|awk {'print $3'}|xargs exim -Mrm

if you need to delete all messages from the queue:

Code:

exim -bpru|awk {'print $3'}|xargs exim -Mrm

Check the following link for some useful exim commands

http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Exim.shtml

Or, you can simply ask a professional like chirpy to have your exim configured. His charges are very resonable. Search the forum and you'll see that sometimes he does it for free ...

 

Well iquest :p Finally you did a great reply and i get a new information from you, One is the command and second one is the cron related (*/2). This post is really good and It is really appreciated

 

You are most welcome...

 

FYI, that does not work.

 

You obviously didn't read the whole thread:

http://forums.cpanel.net/showpost.php?p=195577&postcount=7

It's also a year old thread...

 

I was able to use the following exim command to delete all the messages in que older then thirty (30) days.

Code:

exiqgrep -zi -o 2592000 | xargs exim -Mrm

I clear all the old and/or frozen mail from my mail que.