Comments on: How to flush Postfix Mail Queue https://tecadmin.net/flush-postfix-mail-queue/ How to guide for System Administrator's and Developers Wed, 02 Oct 2019 02:44:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Jeff https://tecadmin.net/flush-postfix-mail-queue/#comment-42941 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 02:44:31 +0000 https://tecadmin.net/?p=6356#comment-42941 This is currently the top google hit for ‘flush postfix’. Congrats!

Unfortunately the command listed under the ‘Flush All Emails’ header actually deletes all emails. The correct command is ‘postfix flush’.

]]> By: Us3r https://tecadmin.net/flush-postfix-mail-queue/#comment-41184 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 14:20:00 +0000 https://tecadmin.net/?p=6356#comment-41184 you should differ between flush and delete

Send immediately with Flush
postqueue -f

Delete mail
postfix -d

]]> By: Rajat https://tecadmin.net/flush-postfix-mail-queue/#comment-4935 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 12:51:15 +0000 https://tecadmin.net/?p=6356#comment-4935 My Nagios server gone mad and sends thousands of emails. Thanks you for your tutorial. Only 300 approx emails in my inbox and I flushed remaining in queue.

]]> By: Zagz.com https://tecadmin.net/flush-postfix-mail-queue/#comment-4797 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:16:22 +0000 https://tecadmin.net/?p=6356#comment-4797 Thanks – I had two bounce messages stuck in the queue that I’ve now deleted

]]> By: Rahul K. https://tecadmin.net/flush-postfix-mail-queue/#comment-4723 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 03:21:27 +0000 https://tecadmin.net/?p=6356#comment-4723 Thanks for pointing out. I have corrected command. It’s postsuper.

]]> By: anon https://tecadmin.net/flush-postfix-mail-queue/#comment-4718 Mon, 25 Dec 2017 18:50:56 +0000 https://tecadmin.net/?p=6356#comment-4718 postuser is not a command.

]]> By: Mahesh https://tecadmin.net/flush-postfix-mail-queue/#comment-4328 Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:18:39 +0000 https://tecadmin.net/?p=6356#comment-4328 Thanks, it worked for me.

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