# pmailq - Postfix Mail Queue manager

## Description

pmailq processes the output of the Postfix mailq command, and can list, parse (machine-readably), or delete queued messages in batches.
They can be selected by size, by queue status, and by pattern matching (with wildcards) on recipient addresses and server error messages.

## Commands

Action to perform on selected entries:

**list**
Show (via ***postqueue -p***)a detailed listing of the selected entries.

**parse**
Show a listing of the selected entries in a machine readable format.

**del** Delete (via ***postsuper -d***) the selected entries.

## Options

**-e PATTERN, --email=PATTERN**
Select entries in queue with email matching PATTERN (wildcards allowed).

**-m PATTERN, --msg=PATTERN**
Select entries in queue with error message matching PATTERN (wildcards allowed).

**-l SIZE, --size-lower=SIZE**
Select entries in queue with size lower than SIZE bytes.

**-u SIZE, --size-upper=SIZE**
Select entries in queue with size upper than SIZE bytes.

**-a**
Select "active" entries in queue.

**-o**
Select "on hold" entries in queue.

 **--version**
 Show program's version number and exit

**-h, --help**
Show help message and exit

## Examples

**Example 1** : display all the entries in queue sent to an recipient address matching
"*@example.com*" with a size between 3000 and 3200 bytes in a machine readable
format:

    > pmailq -u 3000 -l 3200 -e "*@example.com" parse

    7E75214643A4|Fri Aug 31|3154|1|0|edgar@example.com
    B0BDE146B640|Thu Aug 30|3199|1|0|paul@example.com
    B587E146B675|Wed Aug 29|3065|0|0|paul@example.com
    CF3C514656E4|Wed Aug 29|3161|0|0|abuse@example.com
         /\          /\      /\   \ \
       queue id     date    size   \ \ on hold (or not)
                                      \ active (or not)

**Example 2**: remove all mails in queue not sent because of a connection timeout:

     > pmailq -m "*connection*timed*out" del

     deleting 00CF514616D3 [OK]
     deleting 12D911461924 [OK]
     deleting 269EF1461CA9 [OK]
     deleting 288DF1461CA0 [OK]
     deleting 3B3901460F62 [OK]
     deleting 3AE58147019F [OK]

## Author

[Emmanuel Bouthenot](mailto:kolter@openics.org)

## Copyright and license

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