Delete email queue from linux mailq - Postfix - ubuntu - Linux

delete-mail-containing-email.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Usage
# ./delete-mail-containing-email.sh anil@github.com

EMAILADDY=$1

if [ -z "$EMAILADDY" ]
then
echo "Usage: $0 <email adres>"
exit
fi

echo "Delete all emails addressed to $EMAILADDY from our Postfix queue."

mailq | tail -n +2 | grep -v '^ *(' | awk -v "address=$EMAILADDY" 'BEGIN { RS = "" }
        {
# example conditions:
#   if ( $7 == "MAILER-DAEMON && $8 == address && $9 == "" )
#   if ( $7 == "MAILER-DAEMON && $8 == "" && $9 == address )
#   if ( $7 == "MAILER-DAEMON && $8 == address || $9 == address )
    if ( $7 == address || $8 == address || $9 == address )
       print $1
    }
' | tr -d '*!' | postsuper -d -

delete-mail-containing-mail-daemon.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Usage
# ./delete-mail-containing-mail-daemon.sh anil@github.com

EMAILADDY=$1

if [ -z "$EMAILADDY" ]
then
echo "Usage: $0 <email adres>"
exit
fi

echo "Delete all emails addressed to $EMAILADDY, and sent by MAILER-DAEMON, from our Postfix queue."

mailq | tail -n +2 | grep -v '^ *(' | awk -v "address=$EMAILADDY" 'BEGIN { RS = "" }
        {
# example conditions:
#   if ( $7 == "MAILER-DAEMON && $8 == address && $9 == "" )
#   if ( $7 == "MAILER-DAEMON && $8 == "" && $9 == address )
#   if ( $7 == "MAILER-DAEMON && $8 == address || $9 == address )
    if ( $7 == "MAILER-DAEMON" && $8 == address )
       print $1
    }
' | tr -d '*!' | postsuper -d -