NAME

       postcat - show Postfix queue file contents

SYNOPSIS

       postcat [-bdehnoqv] [-c config_dir] [files...]

DESCRIPTION

       The  postcat(1)  command  prints  the  contents  of the named files in human-readable form. The files are
       expected to be in Postfix queue file format. If no files are specified on the command line,  the  program
       reads from standard input.

       By  default, postcat(1) shows the envelope and message content, as if the options -beh were specified. To
       view message content only, specify -bh (Postfix 2.7 and later).

       Options:

       -b     Show body content.  The -b option starts producing output at the first non-header line, and  stops
              when the end of the message is reached.

              This feature is available in Postfix 2.7 and later.

       -c config_dir
              The  main.cf  configuration  file  is  in the named directory instead of the default configuration
              directory.

       -d     Print the decimal type of each record.

       -e     Show message envelope content.

              This feature is available in Postfix 2.7 and later.

       -h     Show message header content.  The -h option produces output from the beginning of the  message  up
              to, but not including, the first non-header line.

              This feature is available in Postfix 2.7 and later.

       -o     Print the queue file offset of each record.

       -q     Search the Postfix queue for the named files instead of taking the names literally.

              This feature is available in Postfix 2.0 and later.

       -v     Enable  verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple -v options make the software increasingly
              verbose.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Problems are reported to the standard error stream.

ENVIRONMENT

       MAIL_CONFIG
              Directory with Postfix configuration files.

CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

       The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant to this program.

       The text below provides only a parameter summary. See postconf(5) for more details including examples.

       config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf configuration files.

       import_environment (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The list of  environment  parameters  that  a  privileged  Postfix  process  will  import  from  a
              non-Postfix parent process, or name=value environment overrides.

       queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.

FILES

       /var/spool/postfix, Postfix queue directory

SEE ALSO

       postconf(5), Postfix configuration

LICENSE

       The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.

AUTHOR(S)

       Wietse Venema
       IBM T.J. Watson Research
       P.O. Box 704
       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA

       Wietse Venema
       Google, Inc.
       111 8th Avenue
       New York, NY 10011, USA

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