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How to configure the sendmail log To create a log of all messages being sent through sendmail, add a line to the `/etc/syslog.conf` file: `mail.debug /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog` To make the syslog configuration changes take effect, the syslog process should be restarted: `refresh -s syslogd` The logs can be rotated by size or elapsed time by adding a `rotate` parameter to the line in the `syslog.conf` file, or on a daily basis with a cron script: rotatelogs if [ -d /usr/spool/mqueue ] then cd /usr/spool/mqueue cp syslog syslog.`date +"%d"` 2> /dev/null cat /dev/null > syslog 2> /dev/null fi back to top

How to configure the sendmail log

To create a log of all messages being sent through sendmail, add a line to the /etc/syslog.conf file:


                  mail.debug /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog

To make the syslog configuration changes take effect, the syslog process should be restarted:


                  refresh -s syslogd

The logs can be rotated by size or elapsed time by adding a rotate parameter to the line in the syslog.conf file, or on a daily basis with a cron script:

rotatelogs


                  if [ -d /usr/spool/mqueue ]
                  

                  then
                  

                     cd /usr/spool/mqueue
                  

                     cp syslog syslog.`date +"%d"` 2> /dev/null
                  

                     cat /dev/null > syslog 2> /dev/null
                  

                  fi

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