Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Postfix Logs

[James K. <jke...@gm...>]

Yes, thank you very much.

I did run a quick mailq, and it does seem that all messages I've attempted
to send are indeed stuck in the queue. How can I clear them?

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...> wrote:

> 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
>   http://www.devil-linux.org
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