System information

Operation SHOW MAIL 1-117
Software Release 2.0.1
C613-03018-00 REV A
Figure 1-30: Example output from the SHOW MAIL command
Examples
To show the state of the email system, use the command:
SHOW MAIL
MAIL
Host Name ............ router2.company.com
State ................ alive
Debug ................ disabled
Mails Sent ........... 0
Date/Time Id To Subject State Retries
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29 15:00:05 0002 [e-mail] Test Message Open 0
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Table 1-28: Parameters displayed in the output of the SHOW MAIL command.
Parameter Meaning
Host Name The host name used by the mail system.
State The state of the mail system; one of “alive”, “DEAD - name
server not set” or “DEAD - hostname not set”.
Debug Whether or not debugging is enabled for the mail system;
one of “enabled” or “disabled”.
Mails Sent The number of mail messages transmitted since the last
router restart.
Date/Time The date and time the message was queued for
transmission.
Id The unique message id for the message.
To The email address to which the message is to be sent.
Subject The contents of the subject field in the message header.
State The state of the transmission process; one of:
“initial” Starting
“get MX-IP” Performing DNS lookup on MX record
“get IP” Performing DNS lookup
“Connect” TCP connection established
“S-helo” Sending HELO command
“S-from” Sending MAIL FROM command
“S-rcpt” Sending RCPT TO command
“S-data” Sending DATA command
“S-header” Sending headers
“S-file” Sending file
“S-buffer” Sending message text
“S-last” Sending dot to terminate message
“S-done” Sending message transmission
“S-quit” Sending QUIT command
Retries The number of times the mail system has re-transmitted the
message because an acknowledgement was not received
from the remote mail system.