Exim Cheat Sheet
| Cheat | Code |
|---|---|
| Check Mail Queue | exim -bp |
| Check conf syntax | exim -bV |
| Test mail delivery path | exim -bt <local or remote email address> |
| Debug delivery process | exim -d -M <exim-message-id> |
| Display messages on queue | exim -bp |
| Display queue summary | exim -bp <pipe> exiqsumm |
| Search queue | exiqgrep |
| Search logs | exigrep |
| Produce statistics | eximstats /var/log/exim/main.log |
Also, see Brad's Cheat Sheet
List the mail queue
exiqgrep -i
Clear the entire queue
exiqgrep -i | xargs exim -Mrm
List the mail queue
exiqgrep -i
Force delivery of one message
exim -M emailID
Force queue re-run
exim -qf
Force another queue run and attempt to flush frozen messages
exim -qff
View Log for message
exim -Mvl messageID
View Body for message
exim -Mvb messageID
View Header for message
exim -Mvh messageID
Clear the entire queue, this will delete messages in the queue, not attempt to redeliver.
exiqgrep -i | xargs exim -Mrm
Clear DB of frozen msgs
exim_tidydb -t 10m /var/spool/exim retry exim_tidydb -t 10m /var/spool/exim wait-tls_smtp
Check routing
exim -bt user@company.com and with copious debugging enabled:- exim -d -bt user@company.com
