diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.idea
 check_smart.pl
 paramtest
 check_snmp_syno.sh
diff --git a/check_mailq b/check_mailq
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+#!/bin/bash
+# ======================================================================
+#
+# Check mailq size
+#
+# requirements:
+# - mailq
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2022-10-21  v1.0  <andrea.gottsponer@unibe.ch>
+# ======================================================================
+
+
+. `dirname $0`/inc_pluginfunctions
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# MAIN
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# --- check required tools
+ph.require mailq
+
+# --- check param -h
+if [ "$1" = "-h" ]; then
+    echo "
+    usage: $0 [ -w value -c value -h ]
+
+        -w  Warning level
+        -c  Critical level
+        -h  this help
+    "
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# set default / override from command line params
+typeset -i iWarnLimit=`     ph.getValueWithParam 5  w "$@"`
+typeset -i iCriticalLimit=` ph.getValueWithParam 20 c "$@"`
+
+# get mailq count
+iMailqCount=`mailq | grep -c "^[A-F0-9]"`
+
+ph.setStatusByLimit ${iMailqCount} ${iWarnLimit} ${iCriticalLimit}
+
+# --- status output
+ph.status "${iMailqCount} Queue Count"
+
+# --- performance data usage
+ph.perfadd "mailq"  "${iMailqCount}" $iWarnLimit $iCriticalLimit 0
+
+# --- Bye
+ph.exit
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------