Table of Contents
Exim Cheat Sheet
| Cheat | Code |
|---|---|
| Show messages on queue | exim -bp |
| Display message for id | exim -Mvl id |
| Display message header for id | exim -Mvh id |
| Display body for id | exim -Mvb id |
| Purge message id fro queue | exim -Mrm id |
| Check conf syntax | exim -bV |
| Test mail delivery path | exim -bt <local or remote email address> |
| Debug delivery process | exim -d -M <exim-message-id> |
| Display queue summary ( - see below) | exim -bp <pipe> exiqsumm |
| Re run queue | exim -qf |
| Re run queue and flush frozen messages | exim -qff |
| Search queue | exiqgrep |
| Search logs | exigrep |
| Produce statistics | eximstats /var/log/exim/main.log |
# exim -bp | exiqsumm
Count Volume Oldest Newest Domain
----- ------ ------ ------ ------
1 7270 31h 31h att.net
1 44KB 3d 3d helpsavepets.com
1 23KB 46h 46h mail.fmjpadlock.com
28 172KB 4d 13h server1.domain.co.uk
42 297KB 34h 56m yourdomain.co.uk
1 20KB 14h 14h v.v.v.go2fortaleza.com
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74 563KB 4d 56m TOTAL
Also, see Brad's Cheat Sheet
List the mail queue
exiqgrep -i
Clear the entire queue
exiqgrep -i | xargs exim -Mrm
List the mail queue
exiqgrep -i
Force delivery of one message
exim -M emailID
Force queue re-run
exim -qf
Force another queue run and attempt to flush frozen messages
exim -qff
View Log for message
exim -Mvl messageID
View Body for message
exim -Mvb messageID
View Header for message
exim -Mvh messageID
Clear the entire queue, this will delete messages in the queue, not attempt to redeliver.
exiqgrep -i | xargs exim -Mrm
Clear DB of frozen msgs
exim_tidydb -t 10m /var/spool/exim retry exim_tidydb -t 10m /var/spool/exim wait-tls_smtp
Check routing
exim -bt user@company.com and with copious debugging enabled:- exim -d -bt user@company.com
Check messages on the queue
# exim -bp | exiqsumm
Count Volume Oldest Newest Domain
----- ------ ------ ------ ------
3 22KB 62h 44h cadugomes.site
1 15KB 18h 18h falingrade.click
1 23KB 40h 40h mail.ipspellistatv.com
1 269KB 41h 41h rainsbrook.co.uk
1 4915 21h 21h un.org
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7 334KB 62h 18h TOTAL
