Commands Reference, Volume 3

mailstats Command

Purpose

Displays statistics about mail traffic.

Syntax

mailstats [ -o ][ -p ] [ -C CfFile ] [ -f StatFile ]

Description

The mailstats command displays the current mail statistics. The time at which the statistics started displays reads the information in the format specified by ctime. The statistics for each mailer are displayed on a single line, with the following fields:

`M`	Contains the mailer number.
`msgsfr`	Contains the number of messages received by the local machine from the indicated mailer.
`bytes_from`	Contains the number of Kbytes in the messages received by the local machine from the indicated mailer.
`msgsto`	Contains the number of messages sent from the local machine using the indicated mailer.
`bytes_to`	Contains the number of bytes in the messages sent from the local machine using the indicated mailer.
`msgsrej`	Contains the number of messages rejected.
`msgsdis`	Contains the number of messages discarded.
`Mailer`	Contains the name of mailer.

After the statistics are displayed, a line totaling the value of all of the mailers displays, preceeded with a T. This information is separated from the statistics by a line containing only = (equal characters). Another line preceeded with a C lists the number of connections.

Flags

-C cfFile	Specifies use of the cfFile instead of the default sendmailcf file.
-f StatFile	Specifies use of the StatFile instead of the statistics file specified in the sendmail.cf file.
-o	Specifies that the name of the mailer does not display in the output.
-p	Outputs information in program readable mode and clears the statistics.

Exit Status

0	Successful completion.
>0	An error occurred.

Files

/etc/mail/statistics	Default sendmail statistics file.
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf	Default sendmail configuration file.

Related Information

The mailq command and sendmail command.

Managing the Mail Queue Files and Directories in AIX 5L Version 5.2 System Management Guide: Communications and Networks.

How To Display Mailer Information, How to Log the Mailer Statistics in AIX 5L Version 5.2 System Management Guide: Communications and Networks.