NAME

mailq − Displays the contents of the mail queue

SYNOPSIS

mailq [-v]

DESCRIPTION

The mailq command displays a list of messages in the mail queue.  The mailq command is the same as the sendmail command with the -bp flag; see sendmail for more information.  ,

EXAMPLES

     1.The mailq command lists the mail queue as shown in the following example:

Mail Queue (1 request)
--QID----Size----Q-Time---------Sender/Recipient---
AA002508  3Thu Dec 17 10:01root

     2.The mailq -v command lists the mail queue as shown in the following example:

Mail Queue (1 request)
--QID----Size--Priority----Q-Time-----Sender/Recipient-
AA002508  31005Dec 17 10:01root

(Output might be formatted differently on your system.) 

The fields have the following meaning:

QIDContains the message queue ID of the message. 

SizeContains the number of bytes in the body of the message (header information not included). 

PriorityContains the priority of the message. 

Q-TimeContains the date that the message entered the queue. 

Sender/Recipient
Contains the user ID of the sender (first), and then the user ID of the receiver of the message.  In this example, a message also indicates the status of the message.

FILES

/var/spool/mqueueContains the log file and temporary files associated with the messages in the mail queue. 

RELATED INFORMATION

Commands:  sendmail(8).