15.4. Mail logs
The sendmail command logs mail system activity through the syslogd daemon. The syslogd daemon must be configured and running for logging to occur. Specifically, the /etc/syslog.conf file may contain the uncommented line:
mail.debug /var/spool/mqueue/log
If it does not, use an editor to make this change; be certain that the path name is correct. If you change the /etc/syslog.conf file while the syslogd daemon is running, refresh the syslogd daemon by entering the command:
refresh -s syslogd
If the /var/spool/mqueue/log file does not exist, you must create it by entering the command:
touch /var/spool/mqueue/log
15.4.1. Managing the mail log files
Because information is continually appended to the end of the log file, it ...
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