---
name: "runq"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sendmail"
version: "8.9.3-23"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/runq"
---

# runq(1)

run the sendmail queue

## NAME

runq - run the sendmail queue

## SYNOPSIS

**runq**\
 **runq** *sendmail options*\
 **runq** { --help, --version }

## DESCRIPTION

This **runq** command is a wrapper around sendmail which tells it to run the mail queue in the background.

## OPTIONS

When called with exactly one argument, the following options are handled internally:

- *--help*

  Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

- *--version*

  Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.

In other cases, the options are simply passed on to **sendmail -q.**

## SEE ALSO

[**sendmail**(8)](/sendmail/8.md).