[SLUG] SendMail Queue Flush

[Grant Parnell <gripz@nospam.linuxfreak.com>]

> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:25:11 +1000
> 
> Howdy all
> 
> I have an older version of sendmail (RH 4.2) which I use in the office for our
> email gateway (yes I know I will upgrade soon)
> But for now I have a couple of fellows that thought it would be fun to email
> everyone in there address book some fun pictures of nude girls etc..
> How do I flush the sendmail queue to get rid of these messages as they are
> choking our dialup modem link to the net.

stop the sendmail process
cd /var/spool/mqueue
grep -li jpg | xargs rm -f
start the sendmail process

If you're lazy don't even bother stopping & starting
sendmail... what's a few errors between friends.

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