Managing sendmail Services in Oracle® Solaris 11.2

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

Administering the Queue Directories (Task Map)

The following table describes the procedures for administering the mail queue.

Task
Description
For Instructions
Displaying the contents of the mail queue, /var/spool/mqueue
Use this procedure to see how many messages are in the queue and how fast the messages are being cleared from the queue.
Forcing mail queue processing for the mail queue, /var/spool/mqueue
Use this procedure to process messages to a system that previously was unable to receive messages.
Running a subset of the mail queue, /var/spool/mqueue
Use this procedure to force a substring of an address, such as a host name, to be processed. Also, use this procedure to force a particular message out of the queue.
Moving the mail queue, /var/spool/mqueue
Use this procedure to move the mail queue.
Running the old mail queue, /var/spool/omqueue
Use this procedure to run an old mail queue.