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===== Remove mails from mailqueue =====

==== Postfix ====

=== Remove mails ===

<code>
service postfix stop
postsuper -d ALL 
mailq 
service postfix start
</code>

==== Sendmail ====

=== Remove mails ===

Remove some mails:
<code>
service sendmail stop
rm /var/spool/mqueue/*
rm /var/spool/mqueue-client/*
mailq 
service sendmail start
</code>

Remove alot of mails:
<code>
service sendmail stop
cd /var/spool/mqueue-client/
for i in * ; do rm $i ; done 
cd /var/spool/mqueue/
for i in * ; do rm $i ; done 
mailq 
service sendmail start
</code>

=== logflood in syslog and mail ===

[[http://askubuntu.com/questions/403847/who-is-sm-msp-queue-and-how-does-he-she-it-flood-my-var-log-syslog|http://askubuntu.com/questions/403847/who-is-sm-msp-queue-and-how-does-he-she-it-flood-my-var-log-syslog]]



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