On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 11:38:19PM +0800, Yaoxing wrote:
> So I must scan the log for the list, isn't it? It works of course but is
> there any more specific way to do that? because scanning spends a lot of
> time, and you don't know where you stopped last time (or not easy to find
> out). especially our front end platform is based on .NET which does not
> work with Linux logs easily. It would be great if there's a way for postfix
> to output such a list directly, so that other programs just read it
> directly.
For bulk mail in high volume VERP is essentially a must, and software
needs to be developed and deployed to parse the bounces to determine which
are non-deliveries, and which are out-of-office or other auto-replies.
http://www.postfix.org/VERP_README.html
Just parsing logs is not enough, you need to parse returning bounce messages.
Reading the source code of bounce processors in Majordomo, Mailman, ...
will set you on the right path.
--
Viktor.
