Spending time with `journalctl -r -a -o verbose` to get a deep view of
the logging revealed the lda (local delivery agent) process of dovecot
was actually run by and logged under the postfix service.
Therefore to see the messages of interest one can:
`journalctl -a -f -u dovecot -u postfix`
in a broader context you can specify as many -u arguments as you'd like
to view interrelated logs.
On 2016-12-03 11:00, Michael wrote:
> I'm working out issues with my mail installation. journalctl use is
> presenting a yak-shaving problem.
>
> short version: journalctl is not displaying all the messages I need to
> see when I use the -u option
> When I view mail delivery system messages with
>
> journalctl -a -f -u dovecot -p 0..7
>
> I get a stream of messages like:
>
> Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap-login: Login: user=<michael>,
> method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=5118, secured,
> session=<Kmh9icVCsNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>
> Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: Effective
> uid=1000, gid=1000, home=/home/michael
> Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: Namespace
> inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes,
> subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir
> Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: maildir++:
> root=/home/michael/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=,
> inbox=/home/michael/Maildir, alt=
> Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Logged out in=32
> out=496
> Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap-login: Login: user=<michael>,
> method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=5120, secured,
> session=<Yq1/icVCstAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>
> Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: Effective
> uid=1000, gid=1000, home=/home/michael
> Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: Namespace
> inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes,
> subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir
> Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: maildir++:
> root=/home/michael/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=,
> inbox=/home/michael/Maildir, alt=
> Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Logged out in=44
> out=1019
>
>
> When I invoke journalctl to view all messages other dovecot information
> appears, including what I want:
>
> journalctl -a -r -p 0..7
>
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): sieve:
> msgid=<CAMMUjnv860_ktaNGDr01r1V9j=5u_sspbx4nsva4m5phvyd...@mail.gmail.com>:
> stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' [email protected] can y
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin:
> Opened mail UID=1 because: virtual size (Cache file is unusable)
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin:
> Opened mail UID=1 because: copying
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin:
> Opened mail UID=1 because: header X-Mailer (Cache file is unusable)
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin:
> Opened mail UID=1 because: header X-Bogosity (Cache file is unusable)
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin:
> Opened mail UID=1 because: header X-Spam-Status (Cache file is
> unusable)
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin:
> Opened mail UID=1 because: header List-Id (Cache file is unusable)
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin:
> Opened mail UID=1 because: header X-BeenThere (Cache file is unusable)
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin:
> Opened mail UID=1 because: header List-Id (Cache file is unusable)
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve:
> Executing script from `/home/michael/.dovecot.svbin'
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: binary
> save: not saving binary /home/michael/.dovecot.svbin, because it is
> already stored
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: Script
> binary /home/michael/.dovecot.svbin successfully loaded
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: file
> script: Opened script `mail-lists' from
> `/home/michael/Maildir/sieve/mail-lists.sieve'
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: file
> storage: Relative path to sieve storage in active link: Maildir/sieve/
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: file
> storage: Using script storage path: /home/michael/Maildir/sieve/
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: file
> storage: Using active Sieve script path: /home/michael/.dovecot.sieve
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: Loading
> script /home/michael/.dovecot.sieve
> Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: Opening
> script 1 of 1 from `/home/michael/.dovecot.sieve'
>
>
> (Yes, I'm aware that in the first case I'm following / tailing the
> journal and in the second going back through history, that does not
> affect the display results. It does make it easy for me to grab
> samples)
>
> What do I need to do to either display the lda messages alone or get
> the
> -u dovecot version to display them?
--
Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity
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