How to get list of bounced email addresses from exim_mainlog?

[Brooky A]

Hi All,

I was hoping it may be possible to get a list of bounced email addresses from the exim log. Does anyone know how I can parse it to do this?

Thanks!!!!

 

[cPRex]

Hey there! There isn't one command that would give you all the bounces from the logs as they will bounce for different reasons. For example, sending a message to an address that doesn't exist looks like this:

2021-03-25 19:36:21 H=(host.domain.com) [::1]:35794 F=<[email protected]> A=dovecot_login:[email protected] rejected RCPT <[email protected]>: No Such User Here

So you could run a command similar to this to get all of those emails:

grep -i "no such user here" /var/log/exim_mainlog

You'd need to run commands based on the type of bounce you're looking for, and then combine that output together to get a good list.

I'm sorry I don't have an easier method to accomplish that.

 

[Brooky A]

Super helpful thank you!