need a script/command

dikkiedik · 10-21-2011, 06:55 AM

Hi there,

I'm trying to cat the maillog, only find the mail-address who have send to info@example.com and put that mail-address into a file.

So far, i'm not getting this done.

Please help.

Kind regards,

Roland

AlucardZero · 10-21-2011, 07:07 AM

Without giving you the answer: Use grep to search the file for info@example.com. Then use grep or awk or whatever to pull out the people who have sent there. Redirect the output to a file.

lithos · 10-21-2011, 07:20 AM

Hi,

try

Code:

$ grep -i -B4 -A4 'example.com' /var/log/maillog

meaning that grep will show 4 lines before matched and 4 lines after matched "string"
from that output paste here to let this modify with some more commands to get exact match you want.

Adjust -B4 and -A4 numbers according to what you see until the result displayed.

dikkiedik · 10-21-2011, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlucardZero

Without giving you the answer: Use grep to search the file for info@example.com. Then use grep or awk or whatever to pull out the people who have sent there. Redirect the output to a file.

Thanks for your quick response, but....

When I do that,. I don't get the from=<email-address> of the sender.
The only thing which is unique for sender and receiver is the messageID.
So I have to filter on that.
My next problem is, how do I remove the messageid and from=<email-sddress> whioch did not send an email to info@example.com?

Kind regards,

Roland