how to clear mail queue in qmail without using qmail-remove

# service qmail stop
# find /var/qmail/queue/mess -type f -exec rm {} \;
# find /var/qmail/queue/info -type f -exec rm {} \;
# find /var/qmail/queue/local -type f -exec rm {} \;
# find /var/qmail/queue/intd -type f -exec rm {} \;
# find /var/qmail/queue/todo -type f -exec rm {} \;
# find /var/qmail/queue/remote -type f -exec rm {} \;

# service qmail start

 

2 responses to “how to clear mail queue in qmail without using qmail-remove”

  1. Thank you!

  2. As a one-liner:

    service qmail stop; for i in mess info local intd todo remote; do find /var/qmail/queue/$i -type f -exec rm {} \; ; done; service qmail start

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