I had a number of users informed me that their messages were "stuck in the queue or something hanging." Their concerns were confirmed after using the mailq command. After a brief investigation, it was discovered was a small hiccup with DNS.
Here's an example of the mailq output.
# mailq
or
# mailq -v
/var/spool/mqueue (19 requests)
----Q-ID---- --Size-- -Priority- ---Q-Time--- ---------Sender/Recipient--------
l9HDvk500367 5 120046 Oct 17 22:57 user1
user2
l9GGhCW02706 1333 7770119 Oct 17 01:43 user3
user1
l9GGhCX02706 1363 7770119 Oct 17 01:43 user4
user5
...
3 comments:
Hmmm, seems cool.
Joe joestain13@yahoo.com
Joe,
Have you used the utility lately? It's pretty handy.
Roy
There is an utility named pfqueue which allows you to manipulate mail queue with an ncurse based interface. Furthermore, it takes care of the command translation for the underlying MTA...
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