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NAME top

   **pmdamailq** - mail queue performance metrics domain agent (PMDA)

SYNOPSIS top

   **$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mailq/pmdamailq** [**-b** _binlist_] [**-d** _domain_] [**-l**
   _logfile_] [**-r** _regex_] [**-U** _username_] [_queuedir_]

DESCRIPTION top

   **pmdamailq** is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which
   extracts performance metrics describing the state of the e-mail
   queues managed by **sendmail**(1) and other mail transfer agents.

   The **mailq** PMDA exports metrics that measure the total number of
   entries in the mail queue, and the subtotals for entries that have
   been queued for various time periods.

   A brief description of the **pmdamailq** command line options follows:

   **-b** The _binlist_ argument specifies a list of delay thresholds
        used to ``bin'' the entries in the queue into a a histogram
        based on how long the entry has been in the mail queue.  The
        default thresholds are: 1 hour, 4 hours, 8 hours, 1 day, 3
        days and 7 days.  The entries in _binlist_ are comma separated
        time intervals, using the syntax described in [PCPIntro(1)](../man1/PCPIntro.1.html) for
        an update or reporting interval, e.g. the default list could
        be specified using the value **1hr,4hrs,8hrs,1day,3days,7days**.

        Values in _binlist_ are assumed to be in ascending order, and
        mail items in the queue less than the first threshold are
        binned into a special bin labeled ``recent''.

   **-d** It is absolutely crucial that the performance metrics _domain_
        number specified here is unique and consistent.  That is,
        _domain_ should be different for every PMDA on the one host,
        and the same _domain_ number should be used for the same PMDA
        on all hosts.

   **-l** Location of the log file.  By default, a log file named
        _mailq.log_ is written in the current directory of [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) when
        **pmdamailq** is started, i.e.  **$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd .** If the log
        file cannot be created or is not writable, output is written
        to the standard error instead.

   **-r** Use an extended regular expression to match file names in the
        mail queue directory, rather than assuming all "df" prefixed
        files in the directory are mail files (the "df" prefix is the
        **sendmail** convention, but this convention is not followed by
        other mail daemons).  The _regex_ pattern specified should
        conform to the POSIX format described in [regex(3)](../man3/regex.3.html), and it
        describes file names that should be considered mail.

   **-U** User account under which to run the agent.  The default is
        the unprivileged "pcp" account in current versions of PCP,
        but in older versions the superuser account ("root") was used
        by default.

   The optional _queuedir_ argument defines the directory in which
   **pmdamailq** expects to find the mail queue.  The default is
   **/var/spool/mqueue**.

INSTALLATION top

   If you want access to the names, help text and values for the
   mailq performance metrics, do the following as root:

        # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mailq
        # ./Install

   If you want to undo the installation, do the following as root:

        # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mailq
        # ./Remove

   **pmdamailq** is launched by [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) and should never be executed
   directly.  The Install and Remove scripts notify [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) when the
   agent is installed or removed.

FILES top

   **$PCP_PMCDCONF_PATH**
          command line options used to launch **pmdamailq**
   **$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mailq/help**
          default help text file for the mailq metrics
   **$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mailq/Install**
          installation script for the **pmdamailq** agent
   **$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mailq/Remove**
          undo installation script for the **pmdamailq** agent
   **$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/mailq.log**
          default log file for error messages and other information
          from **pmdamailq**

PCP ENVIRONMENT top

   Environment variables with the prefix **PCP_** are used to
   parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP.  On each
   installation, the file _/etc/pcp.conf_ contains the local values for
   these variables.  The **$PCP_CONF** variable may be used to specify an
   alternative configuration file, as described in [pcp.conf(5)](../man5/pcp.conf.5.html).

SEE ALSO top

   [PCPIntro(1)](../man1/PCPIntro.1.html), [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html), [pcp.conf(5)](../man5/pcp.conf.5.html) and [pcp.env(5)](../man5/pcp.env.5.html).

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