Handler queue with qmqtool

We have talked about managing queue with qmhandle, but that only it's possible if you can stop qmail service. In my own case, I wasn't able to stop it (I don't know why) but i found other solution: qmqtool, it's very similar to qmhandle and also it can work with qmail process running.

Instructions:

Download it with wget:

wget http://jeremy.kister.net/code/qmqtool/files/qmqtool-1.14.tgz


untar it and execute configure/make/make install into his own dir.

after that you have just install qmqtool in /usr/local/script/

Check permissions(0700) & owner(root).
Executing show us that menu

qmqtool version 1.14
syntax: qmqtool [-l] [-L] [-R] [-S [-nN]] [-T] [-s] [-Q] [-c] [-r] [-i [-nN]] [-V]
[-E(A|R|L)] [-U(A|R|L)] [-vN [-w]] [-e(N|[-f 'STRING'][-oN])] [-u(N|[-f 'STRING'][-oN])]
[-d(N|[-f 'STRING'][-oN])] [-f 'STRING'] [-oN] [-B(b|r)] [-x(N|[-f 'STRING'][-oN])]

-l list messages in all parts of the queue
-L list messages with local recipients
-R list messages with remote recipients
-T list messages not completely processed
-s show statistical information
-Q be as quiet as possible (useful for snmp, cron, and such)
-V be more verbose
-B
b Backup queue into /var/qmail/queue.backup/
r Restore backup from /var/qmail/queue.backup/
-c check queue consitancy
-r repair queue (by deleting fragments) found by checking queue consistancy
-i show how many messages are queued per ip address
-nN pay attention to the Nth last smtp-hop
-S show how many bytes are queued per ip address
-e expire message
may specify N (multiples may be comma separated), or -f 'STRING' and/or -o N
-u unexpire message
may specify N (multiples may be comma separated), or -f 'STRING' and/or -o N
-d delete message
may specify N (multiples may be comma separated), or -f 'STRING' and/or -o N
-E expire messages in [A]ll, [R]emote, or [L]ocal queues
-U unexpire messages in [A]ll, [R]emote, or [L]ocal queues
-v
N view first 100 lines of message number N
N -w view whole message N
-f 'STRING' display comma separated list of message number(s) containing STRING.
prints 0 if no matches are found.
-o N display comma separated list of message number(s) older than N hours.
prints 0 if no matches are found.
-x N prints extended information on message N. format identical to -l.
may specify N (multiples may be comma separated), or -f 'STRING' and/or -o N

see the FAQ for examples.



For example, if we want delete every mails with a same subject..:

qmqtool -d -f '^Subject: News Hello' => Delete all messages with "News Hello" like Subject