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Exim command-line shortcuts.

==== REMOVE MAILS BY ID ====

/usr/sbin/exim -v -Mrm (MAIL ID HERE)

==== LIST QUEDED MAILS ====

/usr/sbin/exim -bp

==== OUTPUT NUMBER OF QUEDED MAILS ====

/usr/sbin/exim -bpc

==== DELETE FROZEN MAILS ====

/usr/sbin/exim -bp | awk ‘$6~”frozen” { print $3 }’ | xargs exim -Mrm

==== DELIVER FORCEFULLY EMAILS ====

/usr/sbin/exim -qff -v -C /etc/exim.conf &

==== FREEZE MAILS FROM SENDER ====

/usr/sbin/exiqgrep -i -f (MAIL ADDRESS HERE) | xargs exim -Mf

==== REMOVE MAILS FROM SENDER ====

/usr/sbin/exiqgrep -i -f (MAIL ADDRESS HERE) | xargs exim -Mrm

==== REMOVE MAILS FROM RECIPIENT ====

exiqgrep -i -r (MAIL ADDRESS HERE) | xargs exim -Mrm

=====COUNT HOW MANY FROZEN MAILS IN QUEUE===

exim -bpr | grep frozen | wc -l

====DELETE ALL FROZEN MAILS FROM QUEUE=======

exim -bpr | grep frozen | awk {’print $3′} | xargs exim -Mrm

======DELETE MAILS THAT ARE OLDER THEN ONE DAY=======

exiqgrep -o 86400 -i | xargs exim -Mrm

“If you want to delete mails more then 1 day please multiply it to 86400 means that you want to delete mails older then 3 days then use :- exiqgrep -o 257200 -i | xargs exim -Mrm   (86400 *3 =257200) ”

=======TO REMOVE ALL FROZEN MAILS=====

exim -bp | awk ‘/frozen/ {print $3 }’| xargs exim -Mrm

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