exiqgrep

Perl script offering possibilities to grep in the Exim queue output. More information: https://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-exim_utilities.html.

• Match the sender address using a case-insensitive search:

exiqgrep -f '<email@somedomain.com>'

• Match the sender address and display message IDs only:

exiqgrep -i -f '<email@somedomain.com>'

• Match the recipient address:

exiqgrep -r 'email@somedomain.com'

• Remove all messages matching the sender address from the queue:

exiqgrep -i -f '<email@somedomain.com>' | xargs exim -Mrm

• Test for bounced messages:

exiqgrep -f '^<>$'

• Display the count of bounced messages:

exiqgrep -c -f '^<>$'