`followmail`

followmail is a command line utility that parse a postfix log file (also gzipped) and follow pathway of specific mail, in to or from fields.

Installation

To install followmail, follow this:

# With pypi
pip install followmail

# With git
git clone https://github.com/MatteoGuadrini/followmail.git && cd followmail
pip install .

Command arguments

followmail have many command line arguments. They are explained in this table:

short	long	description	args
-v	--verbose	Print with verbosity
-t	--to	Email address into to field	Mail address
-f	--from	Email address into from field	Mail address
-l	--maillog	Input maillog file	File path
-q	--queue	Name of postfix queue	Name of queue
-m	--max-lines	Max lines to print	Number
-D	--sortby-date	Sort lines by date
-c	--csv	Print in csv format
-j	--json	Print in json format

Examples

Search into to field the email other@example.com:
```
followmail -t other@example.com
```
Search into from field the email other@example.com:
```
followmail -f other@example.com
```

Search both from and to fields:

followmail -f other@example.com -t other2@example.com

Filter per queue

 followmail -f other@example.com -t other2@example.com -q "postfix/in"

Select archived log

 followmail -f other@example.com -t other2@example.com -l "/var/log/maillog-20240709.tar.gz"

Select archived log

 followmail -f other@example.com -t other2@example.com -m 20

Sort results by date

 followmail -f other@example.com -t other2@example.com -D

Print result in CSV format

 followmail -f other@example.com -t other2@example.com -c

Print result in JSON format

 followmail -f other@example.com -t other2@example.com -j

Debugging

 followmail -f other@example.com -t other2@example.com -v

Open source

followmail is an open source project. Any contribute, It's welcome.

A great thanks.

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Mark Lutz for writing the Learning Python and Programming Python books that make up my python foundation.

Thanks to Kenneth Reitz and Tanya Schlusser for writing the The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python books.

Thanks to Dane Hillard for writing the Practices of the Python Pro books.

Special thanks go to my wife, who understood the hours of absence for this development. Thanks to my children, for the daily inspiration they give me and to make me realize, that life must be simple.

Thanks, Python!