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How to remove qmail queue

If you decide to remove all messages from you qmail queue for any reason at all. This is how to do it.

log into your server through putty or shell as admin or do
sudo su
then make a file called cleanmess.sh like this
touch cleanmess.sh
paste this into that file

#!/bin/bash

echo "Stopping Qmail - Japan it UP!"

/etc/init.d/qmail stop

echo "Clearing the Mail Queue"

cd /var/qmail/queue/info

rm -rf 0/*

rm -rf 1/*

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echo "Info folder clean, clearing mess folder"

cd /var/qmail/queue/mess

rm -rf 0/*

rm -rf 1/*

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echo "Mess folder clean, clearing remote folder"

cd /var/qmail/queue/remote

rm -rf 0/*

rm -rf 1/*

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echo "Remote folder clean, clearing intd folder"

cd /var/qmail/queue/intd

rm -rf 0/*

rm -rf 1/*

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echo "Intd folder clean, clearing local folder"

cd /var/qmail/queue/local

rm -rf 0/*

rm -rf 1/*

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echo "Local folder clean, clearing todo folder"

cd /var/qmail/queue/todo

rm -rf 0/*

rm -rf 1/*

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echo "Mail queue cleaned"

echo "Restarting Qmail Now"

/etc/init.d/qmail start

echo "Qmail Started - Japan it UP!"

echo "Done!"

Now save and execute that file . thats it

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