Re: [cobalt-users] expunging a q'd mail... [RaQ3i]

[Theodore Jones <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonathan,

shoot, i did the delete from the mail-q without first stopping sendmail... so
what's the method of cleaning up now...?

~ Theo

Sales - Way to the Web wrote:

> Hello Theo,
>
> > I've had the following message stuck in my q for the past three days:
> >
> > --Q-ID-- --Size-- -----Q-Time-----
> > ------------Sender/Recipient------------
> > XAA11316        0 Thu Jun 29 23:42 MAILER-DAEMON
> >                  (Deferred: No route to host)
> >                                    <twothousandlakers@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > no matter what I seem to do i cannot clear or delete it.  I've tried
>
> Try stopping sendmail first, then delete the relevant files from the
> /home/spool/mqueue directory, then restart sendmail. If you try and delete
> it while sendmail is attempting to send the file, I've found that it leaves
> things in a bit of a mess and you need to do things in a more controlled,
> methodic way - YMMV.
>
> Regards,
> Jonathan Michaelson