Emails "stuck" in queue

Rui Zamith

• July 29, 2016 05:24

I have having a problem that I've never had previously, in many years using cPanel. I deploy a newsletter from my website, let's say to 5k users. When I go to the "mail queue manager", these emails are stuck in there, a few of them are sent but the majority just sit there blocking the whole system. No other emails are sent until I do something. No problem with transaccional emails. If I don't send newsletters, the few transaccional emails that we have are sent with no issues. Would definitely appreciate some help here! Thanks

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  cPanelMichael

  • July 29, 2016 17:15

  but the majority just sit there blocking the whole system. No other emails are sent until I do something.

  
  Hello, What's the specific error message that occurs when attempting to deliver one of the messages in the queue? Thank you.

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  24x7ss

  • July 31, 2016 06:40

  Check /var/log/exim_mainlog logs you will find the reason why mails stuck in queue.

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  NOC_Serverpoint

  • August 01, 2016 10:21

  Hello, Mostly the old emails will be frozen emails. You can try the force delivery option via SSH and also even the commands to clear the frozen emails by being as the root user via SSH. >>To delete Frozen emails from the email queue: # grep -R -l '*** Frozen' /var/spool/exim/msglog/*|cut -b26-|xargs exim -Mrm # exim -bp| grep frozen | awk '{print $3}'| xargs exim -Mrm # exiqgrep -z -i | xargs exim -Mrm >> To delete Spam emails from the email queue: # grep -R -l [SPAM] /var/spool/exim/msglog/*|cut -b26-|xargs exim -Mrm >> To check the no. of frozen mails: # exiqgrep -z -c >> To check exim logs: # tail -f /var/log/exim_mainlog >> Force delivery of one message: # exim -M mail_id >> Force another queue run: # exim -qf >> Force another queue run and attempt to flush frozen messages: # exim -qff >> To check if there are frozen emails: # exim -bp |awk '/fr[o]zen/ {print}'

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