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# Mail queue management

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**Manage Queues**

You can flush or pause Velocity MTA mail queues in the [IP Delivery Report](/docs/velocity-mta-continuing-education/ip-delivery-reports.md). 
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<figure><img src="/files/8GQKmlIv8hHW4MYYs9vZ" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

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Select the mailbox provider and IP address you want to discard or pause mail for, then click the Manage Queues dropdown.&#x20;
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<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/xK2ceQ9hcwfIMxNWcCHe" alt="" width="284"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

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Discarding mail initiates a pause on the mail queue and deletes all newly injected mail during the discard process. Pausing the mail queue without a discard preserves all messages until the queue has been resumed.&#x20;
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<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/OMHcCOFcPYaYNkJwfNoj" alt="" width="375"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

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Start monitoring the log file before you perform an action to see your changes take effect. In this case, we'll monitor a Discard, which will show all our recipients marked as SUPP for suppressed in the velvet log file.&#x20;
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```
tail -f velocity-install/logs/velocity.log 
```

```
2023/06/12 04:48:51.269186 main.go:1039: :API:::172.16.50.1:49538 POST /settings
2023/06/12 04:48:51.270545 main.go:1136: :API:::Finished writing settings
2023/06/12 04:48:51.270620 main.go:605: 8K9cTRC5ymCEAGQJpZBjdp:SUPP:d@yahoo.com::message discarded
2023/06/12 04:48:51.271220 main.go:605: 8K9cTRC5ymCEAGQJpZBjdp:SUPP:m@yahoo.com::message discarded
2023/06/12 04:48:51.271604 main.go:605: 8K9cTRC5ymCEAGQJpZBjdp:SUPP:k@yahoo.com::message discarded
2023/06/12 04:48:51.271927 main.go:605: 8K9cTRC5ymCEAGQJpZBjdp:SUPP:p@yahoo.com::message discarded
2023/06/12 04:48:51.272253 main.go:605: 8K9cTRC5ymCEAGQJpZBjdp:SUPP:e@yahoo.com::message discarded
2023/06/12 04:48:51.272627 main.go:605: 8K9cTRC5ymCEAGQJpZBjdp:SUPP:s@yahoo.com::message discarded
2023/06/12 04:48:51.272946 main.go:605: 8K9cTRC5ymCEAGQJpZBjdp:SUPP:l@yahoo.com::message discarded

```

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**You must click Resume when a Discard is complete or your mail queue will stay in a Discard state, permanently suppressing all newly injected mail.**&#x20;
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**Bypass Deferral**

If an IP address is waiting for an extended timeout period that was triggered by a deferral with a mailbox provider such as Yahoo and you want to test if the deferral condition has expired already, you can select bypass deferral to initiate an immediate delivery retry.&#x20;
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