Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Postfix Logs

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

sending the queued mail is done with: 

sendmail -q

I really can't help you configure and debug your mail system, please take a look at the postfix documentation. 

Heiko

Quoting James Kessler <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
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >   Heiko Zuerker
> > > http://www.devil-linux.org
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Regards
  Heiko Zuerker
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