Exim Commands

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Exim Commands

exim -bpc 			- Print a count of the messages in the queue
exim -bp                       - Print a listing of the messages in the queue (time queued, size, message-id,  
sender, recipient):
exim -M emailID 		- force delivery of one message
exim -Mvl messageID 		- View Log for message
exim -Mvb messageID 		- View Body for message
exim -Mvh messageID 		- View Header for message
exim -Mrm messageID 		- ReMove message (no errors sent)
exiqgrep -zi | xargs exim -Mrm 	- Remove all frozen mails in q

REMOVE MAILS BY ID

exim -v -Mrm (MAIL ID HERE)

LIST QUEDED MAILS

exim -bp

OUTPUT NUMBER OF QUEDED MAILS

exim -bpc

DELETE FROZEN MAILS

exim -bp | awk '$6~"frozen" { print $3 }' | xargs exim -Mrm

DELIVER FORCEFULLY EMAILS

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

FREEZE MAILS FROM SENDER

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

REMOVE MAILS FROM SENDER

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

Remove all frozen messages:

root@localhost# exiqgrep -z -i | xargs exim -Mrm

Remove all messages older than five days (86400 * 5 = 432000 seconds):

root@localhost# exiqgrep -o 432000 -i | xargs exim -Mrm

Start a queue run:

root@localhost# exim -q -v

Start a queue run for just local deliveries:

root@localhost# exim -ql -v

Remove a message from the queue:

root@localhost# exim -Mrm <message-id> [ <message-id> ... ]

Freeze a message:

root@localhost# exim -Mf <message-id> [ <message-id> ... ]

Thaw a message:

root@localhost# exim -Mt <message-id> [ <message-id> ... ]

Deliver a message, whether it's frozen or not, whether the retry time has been reached or not:

root@localhost# exim -M <message-id> [ <message-id> ... ]

Deliver a message, but only if the retry time has been reached:

root@localhost# exim -Mc <message-id> [ <message-id> ... ]

Force a message to fail and bounce as "cancelled by administrator":

root@localhost# exim -Mg <message-id> [ <message-id> ... ]

Remove all frozen messages:

root@localhost# exiqgrep -z -i | xargs exim -Mrm

Remove all messages older than five days (86400 * 5 = 432000 seconds):

root@localhost# exiqgrep -o 432000 -i | xargs exim -Mrm

Freeze all queued mail from a given sender:

root@localhost# exiqgrep -i -f luser@example.tld | xargs exim -Mf

View a message's headers:

root@localhost# exim -Mvh <message-id>

View a message's body:

root@localhost# exim -Mvb <message-id>

View a message's logs:

root@localhost# exim -Mvl <message-id>

Add a recipient to a message:

root@localhost# exim -Mar <message-id> <address> [ <address> ... ]

Edit the sender of a message:

root@localhost# exim -Mes <message-id> <address>

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