Re: [exim] exim command - remove frozen messages

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Author: vol
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] exim command - remove frozen messages
Hello Kiran,

Am 17.02.2010 15:04, schrieb KiranM:
>
> I am trying to remove frozen messages from email queue.
> For that I tried
> exim -bpu | grep frozen | awk {'print $3'} | xargs exim -Mrm
> so that it will remove all frozen messages
> But when I try this, it shows
>
> exim: malformed message id after -Mrm option
> exim: malformed message id<> after -Mrm option
> exim: malformed message id<> after -Mrm option
> exim: malformed message id<> after -Mrm option
> exim: malformed message id<> after -Mrm option
>
>
> And if I try
> exim -bpu | grep frozen | awk {'print $3'} | wc -l
> then the output is
> 37566
>
> So I am not sure that, though there are total 37566 messages frozen, then
> what is going wrong while deleting these messages?
>
> Kindly assist me, as I am stuck in a urgent problem of huge no. of frozen
> emails on my server.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Kiran


I use

exipick -zi | xargs -n 100 exim -Mrm

-vol