PMDF System Manager's Guide

pmdf qm is a utility program which allows inspection and manipulation of queued messages. pmdf qm has two modes: maintenance mode and user mode. Maintenance mode can be used to inspect and manipulate the channel queue directories and the messages contained in them. Privileges sufficient to read, create, and delete files in the channel queue directory tree as well as read and update the queue cache database are required to use maintenance mode. User mode is a very restricted version of maintenance mode which allows unprivileged users to read their own messages from the queues and to return them (bounce them) back to their originator if desired. Users' own messages are messages which they themselves have sent or were posted to a list they own. They are not messages destined for the user. User mode is documented in the PMDF User's Guide, UNIX Edition.

To run pmdf qm in maintenance mode, issue the UNIX command

# pmdf qm -maintenance

or the NT command

C:\> pmdf qm -maintenance

Use the exit or quit command to exit pmdf qm. The commands accepted by this utility in maintenance mode are summarized in Table 31-3 below.

Table 31-3 Summary of pmdf qm maintenance mode commands

cleanƒ/code„	Hold or delete message files matching specified criteria
counters	Control aspects of the channel counter caches and database
dateƒ/code„	Show current date and time
deleteƒ/code„	Irrevocably delete the specified messages
directoryƒ/code„	List currently queued messages
exitƒ/code„	Exit the utility
heldƒ/code„	List messages which have been marked as held
helpƒ/code„	Obtain help
historyƒ/code„	Display message delivery history information
holdƒ/code„	Mark a message as held
quitƒ/code„	Exit the utility
readƒ/code„	Display message envelope and header information
releaseƒ/code„	Release held message
returnƒ/code„	Return a message to its originator
runƒ/code„	Execute commands from the specified file
summarizeƒ/code„	Display a summary listing of message files
topƒ/code„	Display frequently occurring strings from PMDF queue area message files
viewƒ/code„	Control whether the channel queue directory tree or queue cache database is viewed