- Download: https://github.com/sagredo-dev/qmHandle
qmHandle is a simple program which allows you to view and manage the qmail message queue.
Changelog
- Apr 13, 2025
- the project is abandoned, so I copied the sources to my github, applied the patches and released as 1.3.3 - Feb 17, 2024
- patch to fix a typo in parameter usage when help printed
- merged the previous one with the patch already applied, which replaces svc with qmailctl in start/stop qmail commands
Installation
If you followed the 'quick configuration' based on the config-all
script, qmHandle
has been installed for you. If it wasn't like that, download and install the binary:
wget https://github.com/sagredo-dev/qmHandle/archive/refs/tags/v1.3.3.tar.gz tar xzf v1.3.3.tar.gz cd qmHandle-1.3.3 chown -R root:root . cp qmHandle /var/qmail/bin
if you have a Debian GNU/Linux
with its qmail
package edit qmHandle
and comment out
#my ($stopqmail) = '/etc/init.d/qmail stop';
Usage
# qmHandle --help qmHandle v1.3.3 Copyright 1998-2003 Michele Beltrame Available parameters: -a : try to send queued messages now (qmail must be running) -l : list message queues -L : list local message queue -R : list remote message queue -s : show some statistics -mN : display message number N -dN : delete message number N -fsender : delete message from sender -F're' : delete message from senders matching regular expression re -Stext : delete all messages that have/contain text as Subject -h're' : delete all messages with headers matching regular expression re (case insensitive) -b're' : delete all messages with body matching regular expression re (case insensitive) -H're' : delete all messages with headers matching regular expression re (case sensitive) -B're' : delete all messages with body matching regular expression re (case sensitive) -t're' : flag messages with recipients in regular expression 're' for earlier retry (note: this lengthens the time message can stay in queue) -D : delete all messages in the queue (local and remote) -V : print program version Additional (optional) parameters: -c : display colored output -N : list message numbers only (to be used either with -l, -L or -R) You can view/delete multiple message i.e. -d123 -v456 -d567
Comments
Delete message from sender
Thomas July 6, 2025 10:53 CET
Hello,
could I ask for some examples of how to use -f and -F? It never finds and deletes my email by sender.
Thank you
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Delete message from sender
Roberto Puzzanghera Thomas July 6, 2025 19:28 CET
Hi, I've just used it successfully as per manual:
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Delete message from sender
Thomas Roberto Puzzanghera July 7, 2025 06:48 CET
I've tried it at least 10 times and it never worked for me. So I tried it now again and it works...
Can I ask for an example where the Regex option -F is used?
Thank you
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Delete message from sender
Roberto Puzzanghera Thomas July 7, 2025 09:29 CET
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