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@example.com}}>'

• Match the sender address and display message IDs only:

exiqgrep -i -f '<{{email@example.com}}>'

• Match the [r]ecipient address:

exiqgrep -r '{{email@example.com}}'

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

exiqgrep -i -f '<{{email@example.com}}>' | xargs exim -Mrm

• Test for bounced messages:

exiqgrep -f '^<>$'

• Display the [c]ount of bounced messages:

exiqgrep -c -f '^<>$'