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ckliborn
Asked: 2012-01-21 12:33:14 +0800 CST

How can I query postfix to test is an address is in the virtual address file?

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Is there something I can run from the command line that will let me query postfix (running locally)?

  1. if an address is in the virtual address file and,
  2. where the mail for that address is routed to.

Ex: If I have the email address of [email protected]. I want to ask postfix if that virtual alias exists and then see that it's mail get routed to [email protected]

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2 Answers

  1. sendmail -bv [email protected]

    Despite the name, this is a Postfix program. This will deliver an email to the caller's mail account that will give you the information about full address resolution. The command-line output is typically just:

    Mail Delivery Status Report will be mailed to <yourusername>.

    postalias -q will show you what the alias file has in it, as the previous responder said, but this may or may not be what actually happens; sendmail -bv is more complete.

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  2. Best Answer

    How about postalias:

     postalias -q [email protected] /path/to/your/valias_file
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