Administering a local MMDF system

Checking the status of mail queues

Use the checkque(ADM) program to check the status of the mail queues. This utility reports on the number of messages waiting for delivery. For example, when logged in as root or mmdf, enter:

/usr/mmdf/bin/checkque | more

Here is an example of output from checkque:

Thu May 9 16:07: 2 queued msgs / 80 byte queue directory 4 Kbytes in msg dir

2 msgs 4 Kb (local ) local : Local Delivery deliver start : Thu May 9 15:15 deliver message : Thu May 9 15:15 deliver end : Thu May 9 15:15 / 0 hours *** WAITING ** First message : Wed Apr 24 16:03

If a queue is backed up with waiting mail, you can manually force deliver(ADM) to deliver the mail using this command:

deliver -w

The -w option directs deliver to output informative messages as it attempts to deliver the mail. See the deliver(ADM) manual page for additional options. You can review the output for abnormalities, such as a rejected sender or recipient. For a complete description of checkque, see the checkque(ADM) manual page.