Re: global maildrop log file?

Sam Varshavchik <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:17:17 -0500
Newsgroups	gmane.mail.maildrop
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
Bob Bernstein writes:

> I want three users to share a common maildrop logfile.
>
> /etc/maildroprc contains one line:
> LOGFILE="/etc/mailfilterlog"
>
> ls -l /etc/mailfilterlog gives:
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root users 0 Feb 16 18:43 mailfilterlog
>
> The $HOME/.mailfilter files begin like this:
> DEFAULT="$HOME/mail/inbox"
> #logfile "$HOME/.mailfilterlog"
> logfile "/etc/mailfilterlog"
>
> Several messages to the users affected arrive, but
> /etc/mailfilterlog remains zero length.

Are these users members of the "users" group, which is required for write  
access to this file?

> Extra credit question: <g>
> Where should I look for error messages related to this issue?
>
> Thanks for any insight shared!

Presumably, you have configured your mail server to use maildrop to deliver  
mail. maildrop will generally report messages to standard error. Therefore,  
any error messages will be logged wherever your mail server logs standard  
error from mail delivery agents.

However, if maildrop cannot open the log file, maildrop will immediately  
terminate after reporting the error, and not deliver the message.

Since you say that your mail was delivered, this suggests that your mail  
server is not using maildrop to deliver mail, as you think it is doing.  
Check and verify your mail server's configuration.

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