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cancelmsg(1)


NAME

   cancelmsg - Cancel an E-mail message

SYNOPSIS

   cancelmsg {msgid} ["reason"]

DESCRIPTION

   cancelmsg removes a message from the mail queue. There will be no more
   attempts to deliver this message, and a standard delivery failure
   notice is sent to the return address listed on the message. You can
   only cancel your own messages. The superuser can cancel any message. An
   attempt to cancel a message will fail if the message has already been
   sent (of course), or if a delivery attempt is currently in progress.
   Because a delivery attempt is usually started as soon as an E-mail
   message is added to the mail queue, a cancellation attempt is only
   effective if the message cannot be immediately delivered for some
   reason, or if the system is very busy and is working on a mail backlog.
   cancelmsg works by marking all pending recipients as undeliverable. A
   non-delivery report is then generated and sent in the normal fashion.

   msgid is the message queue id that can be obtained from the
   mailq(1)[1], command. A reason is optional. The message does not
   disappear into a black void. The message will be returned as
   undeliverable, citing reason. A generic error message will be used if
   reason is not specified.

BUGS

   A non-delivery report may not be sent immediately, but delayed until
   the message's turn comes up in the scheduling queue.

   There is no immediate indication if the message cancellation worked. A
   subsequent non-delivery report is the only indication of a successful
   cancel. If it doesn't come, it means the message wasn't cancelled in
   time.

   A non-delivery report will not be sent for recipients whose delivery
   status notification does not include the FAIL notice.

SEE ALSO

   mailq(1)[1], courier(8)[2].

AUTHOR

   Sam Varshavchik
       Author

NOTES

    1.

       mailq(1)
       [set $man.base.url.for.relative.links]/mailq.html

    2.

       courier(8)
       [set $man.base.url.for.relative.links]/courier.html



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