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  service postfix stop
  service postfix stop
* print a list of all queued email:
* print a list of all queued email:
  postqueue -p | less
mailq | less
  postqueue -p | less     # it's the same
* print a specific email by its ID
* print a specific email by its ID
  postcat -vq ID | less
  postcat -vq ID | less

Revision as of 09:49, 18 May 2018

Installation

TODO

Troubleshooting

Postfix queue control

Sometimes you may need to check what's in the queue of emails waiting to be fully processed.

  • Optional: stop Postfix, in case you need to investigate something and stop incoming/outgoing activity.
service postfix stop
  • print a list of all queued email:
mailq | less
postqueue -p | less      # it's the same
  • print a specific email by its ID
postcat -vq ID | less
  • delete a specific email by its ID
postsuper -d ID