Re: [exim] Need Help

On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:46:08 +0000 exim-users@??? wrote:
> On 16/12/11 09:45, John Burnham wrote:
>
> >> I need a script, or help doing one.
> >>
> >> I need a script that sends me an email when qeue is bigger than 2.500
> >> emails.
> >>
> >> Can anyone help me ?
> >>
> >
> > Totally untested and before I've finished my coffee, but here's some pseudo code
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > MSGNO=$(/path/to/exiqgrep -b * | wc -l)
> >
> > if [ $MSGNO -gt 2500 ]; then
> >
> > do some stuff like sending mail
> >
> > fi
>
> Rather than writing a script, you could just stick this in a cron job:
>
> if [ `exiqgrep -c|awk {'print $1'}` -gt 2500 ]; then echo "Large Mail
> Queue"|mail -s "The Subject" therecipient@???; fi

if [ `exim -bpc` -gt 2500 ]; then ...


--Frank Elsner