CHECKQUE(ADM)                        UNIX System V



     Name
          checkque - MMDF queue status report generator


     Syntax
          /usr/mmdf/bin/checkque  [-fpsz]   [-tage[m]]   [-c   channel
          channel ...]


     Description
          checkque reports on the amount of mail waiting in  the  MMDF
          distribution  queue.   It  indicates  the  total  number  of
          messages and the size of the queue directory.  It then lists
          the   number  of  messages  waiting  for  each  transmission
          channel.

          The -c option  allows  one  or  more  channel  names  to  be
          specified.   If  present,  checkque restricts it's report to
          the named channels.

          The -f option causes checkque  to  print  the  name  of  the
          oldest  queued  message  for  each  channel.  -p causes only
          channels with  ``problems''  to  be  listed.   Problems  are
          defined  as  channels  which have mail waiting for over some
          ``problem threshold.''  The default ``problem threshold'' is
          24  hours.   The  -t  option is used to change the ``problem
          threshold.''  A number of hours (or  minutes,  if  ``m''  is
          appended)  should  appear  without a space after the -t.  -s
          forces an abbreviated summary listing instead of the  normal
          multi-line  report.   -z  causes  channels  with no messages
          queued to be skipped in the report.

          Since the mail queue usually is protected from access by any
          uid,  except MMDF, checkque should be run under root or MMDF
          uid.  It should not be made setuid() to mmdf unless you want
          to allow non-staff members to see the queue status.

          Most configurations will have only two channels.  One is for
          local  delivery  and the second is for off-machine relaying,
          such as by  calling  out  or  by  being  called  up,  or  by
          attaching  to ArpaNet hosts.  Local delivery usually happens
          at the time of submission, so it is rare that  any  mail  is
          waiting  in  it.  Mail in other outbound queues is processed
          by deliver according to  your  site  parameters,  either  by
          running  deliver  as  a background daemon or by periodically
          firing it up via cron.


     Files
          quedfldir[]/addr
          quedfldir[]/msg
          quedfldir[]/q.*
          phase-directory/channel/*


     See Also
          deliver(ADM)


     Author
          Dave Crocker, Dept. of E.E., Univ. of Delaware


     (printed 2/15/90)                              CHECKQUE(ADM)