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--- how_to:delete_outqueue_messages_directly_from_the_database [2014/01/03 09:23] – created paul
+++ how_to:delete_outqueue_messages_directly_from_the_database [2015/09/23 13:46] – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 The three most common causes of unwanted messages in the OutQueue are:
-  - open relay - you can tell this because the 'senderip' is an external IP address, and the 'authsender' is blank
+  * open relay - you can tell this because the 'senderip' is an external IP address, and the 'authsender' is blank
-  - 'hacked' account - you can tell this because the 'senderip' is an external IP address, and the 'authsender' is not blank - in this case someone has found or guessed the 'authsender's password
+  * 'hacked' account - you can tell this because the 'senderip' is an external IP address, and the 'authsender' is not blank - in this case someone has found or guessed the 'authsender's password
-  - virus/spambot on local PC - you can tell this because the 'senderip' is an internal IP address - check the computer with that IP address
+  * virus/spambot on local PC - you can tell this because the 'senderip' is an internal IP address - check the computer with that IP address
 ====To delete the messages====
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-After deleting the messages, you may want to shrink the disk file, otherwise there will be a lot of wasted disk space. To do this, at the psql prompt, do:
+After deleting the messages, you may want to shrink the disk file, otherwise there may be a lot of wasted disk space if you have deleted an extremely large number of messages. To do this, at the psql prompt, do:
 ''CLUSTER VERBOSE outqueue.outmessages;\\
 CLUSTER VERBOSE outqueue.outrecipients;''
+===Alternative method (quicker)===
+An alternate way to delete **ALL** the outqueue messages, and related information (but not settings or messages in mailboxes) is to stop VPOP3 first, and then use:
+''DROP SCHEMA outqueue CASCADE;''
+This will delete all the relevant tables from the database, including their contents, so will be a lot quicker. When you restart VPOP3 it will recreate the deleted tables. You cannot selectively delete messages in this case. If you are using some sort of third party database replication, such as Bucardo, then that may need reinitialising.

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