Re: [exim] Exim can't delete queue

shwick <uhimatoti@???> wrote:
> Ubuntu 8.04
> Exim 4

> I have 10 frozen messages in the queue and I can't delete them. Both of
> these commands:

> sudo exim -bpr | grep frozen | awk '{print $3}' | xargs exim -Mrm
[...]
> return Permission Denied.
[...]

You are running 'sudo exim -bpr' and piping the output into
"grep frozen | awk '{print $3}' | xargs exim -Mrm".

exim -Mrm needs mail admin privileges, it should be run under sudo,
too. exipick offers a nicer way to do this, BTW.
cu andreas
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