Postfix Mail Queue Management

List queued messages:
# /usr/bin/mailq

Delete a queued message:
# postsuper -d mail_id

Delete all queued messages:
# postsuper -d ALL

Delete messages in deferred queue:
# postsuper -d ALL deferred

Holding mail from delivery:
# postsuper -h queue_id

Releasing hold messages:
# postsuper -H queue_id

Force sending of all queued messages:
# postfix flush

References:

• http://www.postfix.org/postsuper.1.html
• Postfix Frequently Asked Questions
• http://www.akadia.com/services/postfix_mta.html
• Blocking SPAM (UCE) using Postfix
• Jim Seymour’s suggestions/examples for Postfix anti-UCE configuration

~ by jwcub on January 13, 2006.