i understood but why two folders 'defer' and 'deferred'! using OpenSuse 10.3 thanks
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org> wrote: > bharathan kailath wrote: > >> Hi >> my ignorances: >> >> where can i find the contents of bounced messages in postfix? >> >> i see under /var/spool/postfix the following folders: >> >> active corrupt deferred hold maildrop pid private saved bounce >> defer flush incoming milter postgrey public trace >> >> what is defer and deferred? can i check bounced messages in any of the >> folders above? >> help appreciated >> >> > It's unclear what you're asking for... > > Postfix doesn't store bounced messages after they have been delivered. > > Bounces waiting delivery are "normal" messages and will be in the active, > defer or hold queue as appropriate. > > Messages in the queue may be viewed with the "postcat" command. Generally: > # postcat -q QUEUEID > http://www.postfix.org/postcat.1.html > > The text postfix uses when sending a bounce message may be changed by > following the instructions here: > http://www.postfix.org/bounce.5.html > > If this doesn't help, please rephrase your question. > > -- Noel Jones >
