POSTCAT(1)                                                          POSTCAT(1)

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 con-
       tent,  as if the options -beh were specified. To view mes-
       sage 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  pro-
              duces  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. Mul-
              tiple -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.

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

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

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