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| + | qshape active | ||
| + | shows the number of emails being sent to each domain and how long they have been in the active queue | ||
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| + | qshape deferred | ||
| + | shows the number of emails in the deferred queue for each domain and how long they have been there | ||
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| + | == Send Mail Test == | ||
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| + | check if postfix can send emails | ||
| + | echo "Hello this is a test." | mail -s "Testing" admin@foo.com | ||
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| + | follow the message by watching the log - the -f follow tells tail to actively display log activity. Be advised there is a timeout in which tail will fail to follow. | ||
| + | tail -f /var/log/mail.log | ||
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Revision as of 10:02, 1 August 2014
Contents
Inspecting Postfix’s email queue
list of queued mail
Including deferred mail and pending for delivery.
command:
mailq
The command 'postqueue -p' does the same thing as 'mailq'
process the queue now
postqueue -f
The command 'postqueue -f' does the same thing as 'postfix flush'
delete / clear the queue now
postsuper -d ALL
selective delete from queue
postsuper -d ALL deferred
inspecting queue
You can view the specific message in queue if you have the id
postcat -vq F276B2C0EA8 > themessage.txt
Replace 'F276B2C0EA8' with the postfix id of your message.
qshape active
shows the number of emails being sent to each domain and how long they have been in the active queue
qshape deferred
shows the number of emails in the deferred queue for each domain and how long they have been there
Send Mail Test
check if postfix can send emails
echo "Hello this is a test." | mail -s "Testing" admin@foo.com
follow the message by watching the log - the -f follow tells tail to actively display log activity. Be advised there is a timeout in which tail will fail to follow.
tail -f /var/log/mail.log
