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queue_repair.py

This tool must be converted to python3 first

# wget -P /usr/local/bin  https://qtp.qmailtoaster.org/bin/queue_repair.py
# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/queue_repair.py
# dnf -y install 2to3
# cd /usr/local/bin
# 2to3 queue_repair.py -w

Queue Help

# queue_repair.py --help
queue_repair.py v. 0.9.0
Copyright (C) 2001 Charles Cazabon <pqt @ discworld.dyndns.org>
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2

Usage:  queue_repair.py [options] [conf-qmail]
Options:

 conf-qmail                    (default:  /var/qmail)
 -t   or --test                Test only; do not modify the filesystem
 -r   or --repair              Repair errors found        (default: test)
 -b   or --bigtodo             Force use of big-todo      (default: auto)
 -n   or --no-bigtodo          Force non-use of big-todo  (default: auto)
 -s N or --split N             Force conf-split of N      (default: auto)
 -c   or --create              Force creation of queue    (default: no)
 --i-want-a-broken-conf-split  Force non-prime conf-split (default: no)
 -h   or --help                This text

Queue creation

# qmailctl stop
# mv /var/qmail/queue /var/qmail/queue.bak
# queue_repair.py -c --split 23 --no-bigtodo /var/qmail
# qmailctl start

Queue repair

# qmailctl stop
# queue_repair.py -r
# qmailctl start
# qmailctl queue

qmHandle

# wget -P /usr/local/bin  https://qtp.qmailtoaster.org/bin/qmHandle
# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/qmHandle
# qmHandle
qmHandle v1.2.0-bovine
Copyright 1998-2003 Michele Beltrame
Patched 2004-2006 Robert McLeay

Available parameters:
 -V     : print program version
 -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
 -Stext : delete all messages that have/contain text as Subject
 -D     : delete all messages in the queue (local and remote)
 -tX 'string': delete all messages with matching headers, where 'string' is the
               string to match and X specifies:
                 'f'  : Who the message is from,
                 't'  : Who the message is to; or,
                 's'  : What the message's subject is
 -M          : delete all msgs in the queue from
               MAILER-DAEMON@localhost.localdomain
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 -d456 -d567

qmqtool

# wget -P /usr/local/bin https://qtp.qmailtoaster.org/bin/qmqtool
# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/qmqtool
# qmqtool
       qmqtool version 1.13
       syntax: qmqtool [-l] [-L] [-R] [-S [-nN]] [-T] [-s] [-Q] [-c] [-r] [-i [-nN]] [-V]
                       [-E(A|R|L)] [-U(A|R|L)] [-vN [-w]] [-e(N|[-f 'STRING'|-oN])] [-u(N|[-f 'STRING'|-oN])]
                       [-d(N|[-f 'STRING'|-oN])] [-f 'STRING'] [-oN] [-B(b|r)]

       -l              list messages in all parts of the queue
       -L              list messages in local queue
       -R              list messages in remote queue
       -T              list messages in todo queue
       -s              show statistical information
       -Q              be as quiet as possible (useful for snmp, cron, and such)
       -V              be more verbose
       -B
         b             Backup queue into /var/qmail/queue.backup/
         r             Restore backup from /var/qmail/queue.backup/
       -c              check queue consitancy
       -r              repair queue (by deleting fragments) found by checking queue consistancy
       -i              show how many messages are queued per ip
          -nN          pay attention to the Nth last smtp-hop
       -S              show how many bytes are queued per ip
       -e              expire message
                       may specify N (multiples may be comma separated), or -f 'STRING' and/or -o N
       -u              unexpire message
                       may specify N (multiples may be comma separated), or -f 'STRING' and/or -o N
       -d              delete message
                       may specify N (multiples may be comma separated), or -f 'STRING' and/or -o N
       -E              expire messages in [A]ll, [R]emote, or [L]ocal queues
       -U              unexpire messages in [A]ll, [R]emote, or [L]ocal queues
       -v
         N             view first 100 lines of message number N
         N -w          view whole message N
       -f 'STRING'     display comma separated list of message number(s) containing STRING.
                       prints 0 if no matches are found.
       -o N            display comma separated list of message number(s) older than N hours.
                       prints 0 if no matches are found.

       see the FAQ for examples.

More to come...