MAILQ(1)

NAME
mailq - Display the mail queue

SYNOPSIS
mailq [ -sort ]

DESCRIPTION

mailq displays a list of all messages that have not been delivered yet. The display contains: the queue ID; sending user; the size of the message and the time the message was created; the return address, and a list of the message's recipients. If the message was already delivered or failed for some recipients, this will be indicated as well.

The optional -sort sorts the list according to the messages' timestamps, oldest messages first. This may take a while if the mail queue is very large.

Only the superuser can view the contents of the entire mail queue. Everyone else can only see their own messages.

BUGS

The 80-column limitation forced a somewhat ugly design.

SEE ALSO

cancelmsg(1), courier(8).