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Question: I'm using Exim mail server under CentOS Linux. How do I remove all messages from the Exim mail queue using a shell prompt?


Answer: Exim is a mail transfer agent (MTA) used on Unix-like operating systems. It aims to be a general and flexible mailer with extensive facilities for checking incoming e-mail.

Enter

# exim -bp

To remove a message from the queue, enter:

# exim -Mrm {message-id}

To remove all messages from the queue, enter:

# exim -bp | awk '/^ *[0-9]+[mhd]/{print "exim -Mrm " $3}' | bash

suggested following clean command:

# exim -bp | exiqgrep -i | xargs exim -Mrm