Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
>
> > OK, now that I've got mail working on this firewall, what's the purpose
> > of /var/log/mail.log ???
> >
> > Nothing goes there -- I assumed that it would log outgoing mail.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> Well, the mail command which I wrote doesn't log anything. I'm not sure if
> it should or not...I'm not that familiar with the workings of the 'standard'
> mail command on a full-blown linux box. I believe the logger command is
> available to LRP scritps, so there's no reason activity can't be logged.
>
> If you have examples of what should be logged from the mail command, I can
> probably get the script to behave appropriately...
OK. I was trying to determine the point of that logfile -- only because
it exists and I thought that I might be doing something wrong ;>
If there is nothing currently established to use that logfile, then I
might take a stab at this myself.
What I was thinking is logging each attempted and each successful Email
sent. Information to be contained on the logfile entry line will be:
status
date/time
destination
subject line
Since the only purpose of LRP Email is to inform the administrator of
catastrophic events, failure to receive such communication ought to be
traceable.
Logger exists to log via syslogd -- is this the proper vehicle for this
logging? Or, would it be better to build it directly into the mail
function?
What do you think?
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