how_to:delete_outqueue_messages_directly_from_the_database
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| If you know the IP address the unwanted messages came from, you could use:\\ | If you know the IP address the unwanted messages came from, you could use:\\ | ||
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| If you know the authenticated sender the unwanted messages came from, you could use:\\ | If you know the authenticated sender the unwanted messages came from, you could use:\\ | ||
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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: |
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| CLUSTER VERBOSE outqueue.outrecipients;'' | CLUSTER VERBOSE outqueue.outrecipients;'' | ||
| + | ===Alternative method (quicker)=== | ||
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| + | 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: | ||
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| + | 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, | ||
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