How to fill mailq

Hi,

I was wondering how I can fill (or load) the mailq with mail to test
the send mail behaviour.

How can I send mail to Postfix in order to see how Postifx re-directs
the mail?


Thanks.

omega41@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering how I can fill (or load) the mailq with mail to test
> the send mail behaviour.
>
> How can I send mail to Postfix in order to see how Postifx re-directs
> the mail?
>
>
> Thanks.

Take down the network interface (ifconfig), and queue up a bunch of
mail, using a simple script, or even by hand (I don't know how many
messages you need).

Mike

omega41@gmail.com wrote:

> I was wondering how I can fill (or load) the mailq with mail to test
> the send mail behaviour.


Take a look at the man pages for the Postfix programs smtp-source and
smtp-sink, and see if those will help. They are load generators and
load receivers respectively.


> How can I send mail to Postfix in order to see how Postifx re-directs
> the mail?

sendmail -bv user@remote.com

The MAILER_DAEMON will send an email to the person running the test,
with a Subject of "Mail Delivery Status Report", and describe how
Postfix would have routed the email, had it been a real email.

--
Greg