Manually Clear from Console / Command Line cPanel Exim Mail Queue

To clear the cPanel exim mail queue quickly from a command line / shell use the following commands :


exim -bp | exiqgrep -i | xargs exim -Mrm


The following will remove mails older than 5 mins (300 seconds). Adjust to the time you would like. 

exiqgrep -o 300 -i | xargs exim -Mrm
  • 147 Users Found This Useful

Was this answer helpful?

Related Articles

Killing cPanel Backups via Command Line / Shell

From time to time you may find the cPanel backup system taking longer and affecting production...

SpamAssassin Command Line Bayesian Learn Command cPanel

Once it is enabled, it is necessary to train spamassassin to learn what is junk mail and what is...

E Sysup: Needed system RPMs were not installed: yum-utils

When encountering the following:E Sysup: Needed system RPMs were not installed: yum-utils*****...

cPanel Max Defers Occurring for an Account

While viewing exim_mainlog and seeing the following:   enforce_mail_permissions: Domain...

central_filter defer (-17): error in filter file: unknown filtering command r_subject: near line 22 of filter file

The error "central_filter defer (-17): error in filter file: unknown filtering command r_subject:...