empty outbox sendmail

spooge · 12-27-2003, 12:52 AM

i recently setup dns server/ mail server( sendmail).
my wife has a message with a bad address, and keeps
getting the error
"RECPT TO <balh@.com> failed <balh@.com>..User unknown"

question is: How do I clear this from her outbox?

thanks

J_Szucs · 12-27-2003, 02:32 AM

If the mail is in sendmail's mailspool (e.g. /var/spool/mqueue), delete the file(s) belonging to that mail from the mailspool, Or simply empty the spool like this:
rm /var/spool/mqueue/*

The latter is simpler as you need not identify which spool file belongs to the letter in question, but it is more risky since you can lose other mails which are being received or sent when you do the deletion.

spooge · 12-27-2003, 08:56 AM

both server, and client machines mqueue dirs are allready empty?

J_Szucs · 12-27-2003, 09:01 PM

If the mqueue dirs are empty, then the problem has nothing to do with sendmail.
Maybe your local mailer tries to send the mail periodically. What do you use to read and write mails? Kmail?

spooge · 12-28-2003, 10:27 AM

ximian evolution

J_Szucs · 12-29-2003, 06:22 PM

I do not know it.
Maybe someone else can help you how to remove the mail from ximian evolution's outbox.

spooge · 12-29-2003, 09:19 PM

well i've search'd , check'd all dir's on server/client box that my simple
knowledge knows and can't find a darn thing.

thanks J