Is there a simple command to find out the current number of messages in the linux mail queue? mailq
dumps out a verbose list, but it's not convenient for a quick overview.
I'm using Ubuntu and postfix.
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Is there a simple command to find out the current number of messages in the linux mail queue? mailq
dumps out a verbose list, but it's not convenient for a quick overview.
I'm using Ubuntu and postfix.
Best Answer
If you just want to know the number of messages sitting in the deferred queue, then the following should get you a quick answer:
There are three other queues. See http://www.porcupine.org/postfix/queueing.html for details.