Searching Postfix logs

Status messages

# find all log entries where the status is other than sent
grep status= /var/log/mail.log | grep -v status=sent

# make sure there aren't eny other status messages
grep status= /var/log/mail.log | grep -v -e status=sent -e status=bounced -e status=deferred -e status=expired

# find individual instances
grep status=bounced  /var/log/mail.log
grep status=deferred /var/log/mail.log
grep status=expired  /var/log/mail.log

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