Pour commencer, on peut essayer d'envoyer un mél à un utilisateur :
mdecore@zecastor:~$ mail -v mdecore Subject: Test Postfix Ben voilà, quoi... . Cc: postdrop: open maildrop/873921704B postdrop: print string: 873921704B send-mail: mail_scan_any: read string: 873921704B postdrop: print int: 0 send-mail: mail_scan_any: read integer: 0 mdecore@zecastor:~$
Voici ce qu'indique alors le fichier de log :
zecastor:~# tail /var/log/mail.info Apr 22 17:20:39 zecastor postfix/master[997]: daemon started Apr 22 17:31:22 zecastor postfix/postdrop[1127]: open maildrop/873921704B Apr 22 17:31:22 zecastor postfix/postdrop[1127]: print string: 873921704B Apr 22 17:31:22 zecastor postfix/sendmail[1126]: mail_scan_any: read string: 873921704B Apr 22 17:31:22 zecastor postfix/postdrop[1127]: print int: 0 Apr 22 17:31:22 zecastor postfix/sendmail[1126]: mail_scan_any: read integer: 0 Apr 22 17:31:22 zecastor postfix/pickup[998]: D68021704D: uid=1000 from=<mdecore> Apr 22 17:31:23 zecastor postfix/cleanup[1128]: D68021704D: message-id=<20010422153122.D68021704D@zecastor.chez.moi> Apr 22 17:31:23 zecastor postfix/qmgr[999]: D68021704D: from=<mdecore@zecastor.chez.moi>, size=347 (queue active) Apr 22 17:31:23 zecastor postfix/local[1130]: D68021704D: to=<mdecore@zecastor.chez.moi>, relay=local, delay=1, status=sent (mailbox) zecastor:~#