Provided by: smail_3.2.0.115-7.1_i386 bug
 

NAME

        unfreezemail - move a message from the error queue back to the input
        queue
 

SYNOPSIS

        unfreezemail [-D [-f]] [-i] [-n] [-m] [-v  N] message-queue-id ...
 

DESCRIPTION

        Unfreezemail safely reprocesses the specified error queue files.  This
        script can be used to retry messages that were frozen in the error
        queue by smail during the time when a configuration error existed, for
        example.
 
        Note that if the message is already a bounce message (i.e. is from
        ‘‘<>’’ or ‘‘<+>’’), or if the error which caused the message to be
        frozen in the first place has not yet been repaired, then another fail‐
        ure to deliver the bounce will simply move it back into the error queue
        immediately.  You can then use the -D option to delete the re-frozen
        message.
 
        WARNING: Unfreezemail will cause the message delivery to be re-
        attempted to all addresses which had previously failed.  If this is not
        intended then the message and/or its corresponding log file will have
        to be manually edited.
 

OPTIONS

        -D     Delete the frozen message instead of re-queueing it.
 
        -f     Force the deletion.  By default each file must be confirmed
               before it is deleted.
 
        -i     Confirm each re-delivery attempt interactively.
 
        -m     Call mailq before re-attempting delivery.
 
        -n     Do not immediately start a runq process to re-attempt delivery.
 
        -v N   Tell the runq to be verbose when re-processing the message file.
 

FILES

        /var/mail          The default name of the Smail spool directory.
 
        /var/mail/error    The location of the default Smail spool’s message
                           error queue where frozen messages are stored.
 
        /var/mail/input    The location of the default Smail spool’s message
                           input queue where undelivered messages, and messages
                           currently being delivered, are stored.
 
        /var/mail/msglog   The location of the default Smail spool’s message
                           log files for both the error and input queues.
        smail(5), smail(8),
 

AUTHOR

        Written by Greg A. Woods <woods@planix.com>.  Contributed to the Public
        Domain.