TEST/REWRITE provides a straightforward test facility for examining PMDF's address rewriting and channel mapping process without actually sending any message. Various qualifiers can be used to control whether TEST/REWRITE uses the configuration text files or the compiled configuration (if present), the amount of output produced, and so on. If one or more test addresses are specified on the command line, TEST/REWRITE applies PMDF address rewriting to those addresses, reports the results, and exits. If no test address is specified TEST/REWRITE will enter a loop, prompting for addresses, rewriting them, and prompting again for more addresses. TEST/REWRITE will exit when a CTRL/Z is entered. When testing rewriting of a alias corresponding to a mailing list which has an AUTH_ or CANT_ type of named parameter controlling who is authorized to post to the list, or when testing rewriting when SEND_ACCESS or related mapping tables are in effect, note that by default TEST/REWRITE uses as the posting address the return address of the local postmaster as specified by the RETURN_ADDRESS option in the PMDF option file. To specify a different posting address for the rewriting process, use the /FROM qualifier.