Thanks problem solved, both of these commands work.
sudo exim4 -bp | awk '/^ *[0-9]+[mhd]/{print "sudo exim -Mrm " $3}' | sh
sudo exim4 -bpr | fgrep '*** frozen ***' | awk '{print $3}' | sudo xargs
exim -Mrm
Bugzilla from eximusers@??? wrote:
>
> 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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