Some atmail/exim commands for searching and managing the message queue

atmail-exim-commands

# start/stop/restart atmail
/etc/init.d/atmailserver start
/etc/init.d/atmailserver stop
/etc/init.d/atmailserver restart

# count of messages in queue
/usr/local/atmail/mailserver/bin/exim -bpc

# list of messages in queue
/usr/local/atmail/mailserver/bin/exim -bp

# Freeze message
/usr/local/atmail/mailserver/bin/exim -Mf 1UQh1e-00071v-Q5

# Remove messages older than 86400 (1 day)
/usr/local/atmail/mailserver/bin/exiqgrep -o 86400 -i | xargs /usr/local/atmail/mailserver/bin/exim -Mrm

# Delete message that contain 'a certain string'
grep -lr 'a certain string' /usr/local/atmail/mailserver/spool/input/ | \sed -e 's/^.*\/\([a-zA-Z0-9-]*\)-[DH]$/\1/g' | xargs /usr/local/atmail/mailserver/bin/exim -Mrm

# View body of message
/usr/local/atmail/mailserver/bin/exim -Mvb 1UQh1e-00071v-Q5

# View headers of message
/usr/local/atmail/mailserver/bin/exim -Mvh 1UQh1e-00071v-Q5

# List of message ids on the queue
/usr/local/atmail/mailserver/bin/exim -i