mta-sts-query - retrieve MTA-STS policy of a domain
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Description
Retrieve the MTA-STS policy of a domain and display the result on standard output. This diagnostic
utility is also useful without Postfix.
MTA-STS, specified in RFC 8461 [0], is a security standard for email servers. When a site configures
MTA-STS, other mail servers can require the successful authentication of that site when forwarding mail
there.
Examples
Retrieve MTA-STS policy for dismail.de:
mta-sts-querydismail.deName
mta-sts-query - retrieve MTA-STS policy of a domain
Notes
0.
SMTPMTAStrictTransportSecurity(MTA-STS): https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8461
postfix-mta-sts-resolver 2025-03-10 MTA-STS-QUERY(1)
Options
-h,--help
show a help message and exit
-v,--verbosityVERBOSITY
set verbosity level: debug, info, warn (default), error, or fatal.
DOMAIN
domain for which to retrieve the MTA-STS policy
KNOWN_VERSION
latest known version (default: None)
See Also
mta-sts-daemon(1), mta-sts-daemon.yml(5)
Synopsis
mta-sts-query [OPTION]... DOMAIN [KNOWN_VERSION]
