"Messages in queue" number does not go down.

[timmd1968]

We have 44199 messages in queue and that number does not go down. Is there a method to force the queue to drop all the messages in queue that are older than a certain date?

The /var/qmail/control/queuelifetime is set to 345600

 

[thedaver]

I believe if you change the number in the queuelifetime to something that more suits your needs you'll see more messages drop out.

If you were the victim of a spam run and just want to rip messages out of the queue by matching a string, you should look into qmail-remove by Linux Magic.

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[monideth]

I have changed the qmhandle script to use qmailctrl instead:

# While this is if you have a Debian GNU/Linux with its qmail package
#my ($stopqmail) = '/etc/init.d/qmail stop';
#my ($startqmail) = '/etc/init.d/qmail start';
my ($stopqmail) = 'qmailctrl stop';
my ($startqmail) = 'qmailctrl start';

Hopefully, this will work next time I delete an email using qmhandle!

Regards,

Mon

 

[monideth]

sorry - wrong thread! =(