HipChat Server / Data Center: How to Flush the Mail Queue

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Purpose

To flush the mail queue when needed. Some situations that may require you to perform this step:

  • Messages that are no longer delivered to the users who no longer exist on the instance
  • Messages that need to be delivered immediately after a certain action is performed that is still stuck in the queue

Solution

  • Access the server backend via Terminal / SSH console
  • Obtain the root access of the instance:

    sudo dont-blame-hipchat
  • Run the following command to completely flush the mail queue:

    postsuper -d ALL


Last modified on Sep 18, 2018

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