03-02-2012
Can Postfix not syslog?
Is it possible to get postfix to either not syslog or get it to log to a flat file in addition? I'm not the admin on this box but I am in charge of the mail server. I feel like I'm missing information because of all these filter rules set up on syslog, and the admin doesn't want to change the syslog configuration unless there's a specific problem I'm looking for (which is sort of chicken and egg, but that's where I'm at). So if I could get postfix (which I can re-configure without him minding/noticing) to log to a flat file it would work around the HR issues.
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I can send email. I just can't receive email I am getting and error
Permanent Failure: 554_Transaction_failed. All the services are running. I can telnet to 110 25 143. I am also running Imap. I can send and receive email internally I can send email outside of my network I can't receive emails... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rbizzell
3 Replies
2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
When I use the postalias command I am getting an error that says no mapping in /etc/mail/mailer.conf. I am running FreeBsd 6.1 and in my main.cf I have my alias database is alias_maps= hash:/etc/mail/aliases
I tried the command two different ways /usr/local/sbin/postalias /etc/mail/aliases... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rbizzell
2 Replies
3. Linux
hi
when I telnet to my machine on port 25 and send an email to myself, the machine sends the email to the old corporate mail server instead of the new corporate mail server.
how to change that so that any email sent from my linux box goes directly to the new mail server?
thx (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: melanie_pfefer
2 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a strange problem
I have a solaris 8 machine which sends me an email to my outlook every night about the status of the system. The end of this script looks like this
mailx -s "$TITLE" mrxyz@mycompany.com < $TMPF
and it is working fine
My problem is
when i just use mailx... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Tirmazi
1 Replies
5. IP Networking
hi all.
Am using smtpd_recipient_restrictions & check_recipient_access in postfix.
The hash file looks like this:
emailaddress1 HOLD
emailaddress2 HOLD
The aim is to place email from these recipients in the hold directory,check them then reinject them back in postfix on some... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: coolatt
0 Replies
6. Solaris
recently installed postfix on Solaris 10 but can not find the folder where you install the application to set the default main.cf postfix brings.
solaris that saves the configuration part of the applications that are installed.
thank (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: cejodrake
4 Replies
7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi guys
One of our clients have a problem with sending email to a certain domain. No matter what we try, the mails just dont get delivered.
What I did then, is created a new connector on their Exchange server, pointing all mail sent to their client at "domain1" to relay to our Postfix mail... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: wbdevilliers
0 Replies
8. Ubuntu
Guys, if i want to set a mail server for sending to internet users, what i should add to mydestination = in postfix main.cf ?
Thanks so much. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: XP_2600
1 Replies
9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hai,
My mail log is filled with this error message.:confused:
postfix/sendmail: fatal: www(80): No recipient addresses found in message header (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: harikrishnanp
2 Replies
10. UNIX and Linux Applications
I have a mailserver with postfix
i want to alias all mail for administrator@domain.fqdn
to root@domain.fqdn
I have the aliases configured,and i did newliases
but doesn't work.
How to did this?Postfix is configured for virtual domain on ad server. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Linusolaradm1
2 Replies
SHOWQ(8) System Manager's Manual SHOWQ(8)
NAME
showq - list the Postfix mail queue
SYNOPSIS
showq [generic Postfix daemon options]
DESCRIPTION
The showq(8) daemon reports the Postfix mail queue status. It is the program that emulates the sendmail `mailq' command.
The showq(8) daemon can also be run in stand-alone mode by the superuser. This mode of operation is used to emulate the `mailq' command
while the Postfix mail system is down.
SECURITY
The showq(8) daemon can run in a chroot jail at fixed low privilege, and takes no input from the client. Its service port is accessible to
local untrusted users, so the service can be susceptible to denial of service attacks.
STANDARDS
None. The showq(8) daemon does not interact with the outside world.
DIAGNOSTICS
Problems and transactions are logged to syslogd(8).
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
Changes to main.cf are picked up automatically as showq(8) processes run for only a limited amount of time. Use the command "postfix
reload" to speed up a change.
The text below provides only a parameter summary. See postconf(5) for more details including examples.
config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf configuration files.
daemon_timeout (18000s)
How much time a Postfix daemon process may take to handle a request before it is terminated by a built-in watchdog timer.
duplicate_filter_limit (1000)
The maximal number of addresses remembered by the address duplicate filter for aliases(5) or virtual(5) alias expansion, or for
showq(8) queue displays.
empty_address_recipient (MAILER-DAEMON)
The recipient of mail addressed to the null address.
ipc_timeout (3600s)
The time limit for sending or receiving information over an internal communication channel.
max_idle (100s)
The maximum amount of time that an idle Postfix daemon process waits for an incoming connection before terminating voluntarily.
max_use (100)
The maximal number of incoming connections that a Postfix daemon process will service before terminating voluntarily.
process_id (read-only)
The process ID of a Postfix command or daemon process.
process_name (read-only)
The process name of a Postfix command or daemon process.
queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.
syslog_facility (mail)
The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
syslog_name (see 'postconf -d' output)
The mail system name that is prepended to the process name in syslog records, so that "smtpd" becomes, for example, "postfix/smtpd".
FILES
/var/spool/postfix, queue directories
SEE ALSO
pickup(8), local mail pickup service
cleanup(8), canonicalize and enqueue mail
qmgr(8), queue manager
postconf(5), configuration parameters
master(8), process manager
syslogd(8), system logging
LICENSE
The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
AUTHOR(S)
Wietse Venema
IBM T.J. Watson Research
P.O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
SHOWQ(8)