{"id":5641,"date":"2017-01-12T07:18:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T07:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=5641"},"modified":"2021-02-01T09:53:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T09:53:47","slug":"delete-locked-emails-exim-mail-queue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/delete-locked-emails-exim-mail-queue\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete locked emails from Exim mail queue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today i will explain how to remove locked emails from queue. As it is something different from deleting emails within exim mail queue.<\/span><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At first when I try to delete these messages as normaly we delete, I got an error like below:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"error-sh\">\n<pre>\u201cMessage 1BcTvr-0023tc-F8 is locked\u201d This happens because the mail id \r\n\u20191BN63s-0007r3-uv\u2019 is being processed by an exim process.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is required to first kill the corresponding <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/a-message-with-the-following-attributes-was-not-delivered-because-it-contains-an-object-which-cannot-be-checked-by-antivirus-relaying-such-messages-is-blocked-by-administrator\/\">exim<\/a> process and then removing the email from <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/quickly-clear-huge-exim-mail-queue\/\">mail queue<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So we will kill that process corresponding with the Message ID then remove the mail from exim mail queue.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>ps aux|grep \u2018message ID\u2019\r\nkill -9 \u2018pid\u2019\r\nexim -Mrm \u2018message ID\u2019?<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alternate method<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Stop the <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/install-exim-centos-7\/\">exim<\/a> service and remove all locked mails from queue.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>\/etc\/rc.d\/init.d\/exim stop<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Delete the message in your <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-remove-whm-mail-queue-through-ssh\/\">Mail Queue<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>\/etc\/rc.d\/init.d\/exim start<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That&#8217;s all.\u00a0Also give your opinion below if you experience any issues or to discuss your ideas and experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today i will explain how to remove locked emails from queue. 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