Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Postfix Logs

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Almost forgot:
after changing the syslog-ng config file, you'll of course have to  
activate the changes by either running
/etc/init.d/syslog reload
or
/etc/init.d/syslog restart

Heiko

Quoting Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...>:

> James,
>
> per default syslog-ng is active, not syslog.
> You'll have to edit the file /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf and  
> simply uncomment the 2 lines for /var/log/messages.
> This will log all messages, not just mail.
>
> You could also simply check on console 10 for postfix messages ( alt F10 ).
>
> You can use the mailq command to see if the mail is still hanging in  
> the queue.
>
> Heiko
>
> Quoting James Kessler <jke...@gm...>:
>
>> Hello again, I have just initiated Postfix in Devil Linux. I've  
>> walked through
>> the configuration files and believe I have set everything up
>> correctly. When I execute a simple mail command to test it, I am
>> able to fill out all categories such as subject, the message body
>> and so on. After I hit ctr+D it seems to send the message without
>> any errors. However, I am not actually receiving the email. I'm
>> thinking it's possible I am blocking it within my own firewall,
>> however I would like to setup my own Postfix Log to see if I am
>> getting any errors. It is to my understanding that Postfix logs all  
>> failed and
>> successful deliveries write to a log file. The file, in my case is
>> in /var/log/mail, and I initiate it in the /etc/syslog.conf file.   
>> However the problem is that after I un-comment the /var/log/mail
>> line in /etc/syslog.conf the mail log is not being generated after I
>> attempt to send mail.  I have tried a Postfix Reload.  Any  
>> thoughts? Thanks again. -- James E. Kessler
>
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>
> Regards
>   Heiko Zuerker
> http://www.devil-linux.org
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   Heiko Zuerker
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