Exim Related Questions

[karlos.vanger]

Hi Guys,

Could anybody tell me the use of /var/spool/exim? This directory taking up all the free space available in my /var/. I believe it's incoming mail queue. If so it should be cleared if I manually perform local mail delivery. Is that correct? Any help in this highly appreciated

 

[24x7server]

Exim mail queue directory is : /var/spool/exim/input and you can check your exim mail queue through following command

exim -bpc

exim -bp

exim -bp | exiqsumm

 

[quietFinn]

I'd recommend you to install ConfigServer Mail Queues:
ConfigServer Mail Queues

"The product provides you with a full featured interface to the cPanel exim email queues from within WHM."

 

[faisikhan]

In order to get your mail queue emptied, you should check and try one of these commands too:

Remove emails queue for blank senders:

exiqgrep -i -f '<>' | xargs exim -Mrm

exiqgrep -z -i | xargs exim -Mrm (For Incoming Emails)

exiqgrep -z -f | xargs exim -Mrm (For Outgoing Emails)

 

[karlos.vanger]

Hello,

Thanks for all the help.

Thanks

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

It's a good idea to review the emails in your mail queue before using a command to delete them. You can see the messages in your mail queue via:

"WHM Home » Email » Mail Queue Manager"

Check to see if emails are building up for a specific reason (e.g. from a spammer) to ensure they do not continue to build up in the queue in the future.

Thank you.