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Delete all mail from one sender in the Postfix queue

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postqueue -p | awk -v s="info@example.com" '/^[0-9A-Za-z]/ && $7 == s {print $1}' | tr -d '*!' | postsuper -d -

Finds all messages in the queue with the given sender address and passes their queue IDs to postsuper -d. Useful after a single account was abused, when legitimate mail from other senders should stay in the queue.

Note: The address must be written exactly as it appears in postqueue -p. Run the part before | postsuper on its own first and check the IDs.

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