    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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