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[gaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jerry Feldman)]

Yes. I usually do it manually. Email messages in the queue normally come in 
2 parts the df and the qf (although there is also an xf). The mailq command 
(eg. really it is sendmail) gives you the email id. Here are the steps I 
use on the Boston Linux Server:
1. Su root (or use sudo)
2. Stop email (/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop) 
    I may manually kill (with -TERM not -9) and other sendmail processes 
that may be running.
3. rm /var/spool/mqueue ??OAB08082
   Where OAB08082 is the email id you want to delete. 
4. Make sure sendmail is not running and restart sendmail 
again:/sbin/init.d/sendmail start

The reason I stop sendmail is because it does examine the queues and does 
rewrite the qf files.
I don't usually use a script because I don't do it often and I prefer to be 
safe. I do have a program that has the capability to change addresses in 
the qf file.
Togan Muftuoglu wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Is there a way to remove a mail from the que. When a user writes a wrong
> address the mail is deferred and it is kept in the que. Is there a
> command to kill that specific mail before you start receiving the mail
> is delayed continuously

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org

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