How to list all email accounts with their forwarding email addresses via a command-line interface in Plesk for Linux

Question

How to list all email accounts with their forwarding email addresses via a command-line interface?

Answer

1. Connect to the Plesk server via SSH.

2. Run the following command to list all email accounts that have the forwarding feature enabled:

   # for i in $(plesk bin mail -l | awk '{print $NF}'); do r=$(plesk bin mail -i $i | grep "Group member(s):") && echo "$i $r"; done | grep 'Group member(s):'

    

   In the example below, john_doe@example.com forwards emails to sales@example.com.

   # for i in $(plesk bin mail -l | awk '{print $NF}'); do r=$(plesk bin mail -i $i | grep "Group member(s):") && echo "$i $r"; done | grep 'Group member(s):'
   
   john_doe@example.com Group member(s): sales@example.com
   ...

   
   
   
   

Additional Information

To remove an email account from the forwarding list, use the 'plesk bin mail' utility. In the example below, we are removing sales@example.com from the forwarding list of john_doe@example.com:

• If there are several forwarding email accounts:

  # plesk bin mail -u john_doe@example.com -forwarding true -forwarding-addresses del:sales@sample.com

• If there is a single forwarding email account:

  # plesk bin mail -u john_doe@example.com -forwarding false -forwarding-addresses del:sales@sample.com

• Command Line Utilities Overview - Plesk Docs
• mail: Mail Accounts - Plesk Docs