Greg Alexander
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Where does linux server/postfix store what it does with email messages that don't make it to the mailbox
Not sure how to troubleshoot this problem, but have a user that can not receive emails from a specific domain (can from others) and the outside user is not receiving a bounce message.. my question is how can I determine if the email ever actually reached the server? Is there a log that would have that information in it?
Logs are usuallty stored in /var/log. There should be a postfix directory under there with the various log files. The SMTP log should show you if the message was received.
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I don't see anything for postfix at all, here is an ll of the log directory (I removed the repetitive gz files)
drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 Dec 22 12:35 atmail
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 22 05:10 boot.log
-rw------- 1 root utmp 206810112 Dec 21 15:39 btmp
-rw------- 1 root root 81968 Dec 22 12:41 cron
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 16 2010 dmesg
-rw------- 1 root root 242016 Dec 15 08:36 faillog
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Dec 22 05:10 httpd
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 2 2011 kav
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2944528 Dec 22 11:49 lastlog
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 22 05:10 maillog
drwxrwsr-x 2 root mailman 4096 Dec 22 12:35 mailman
-rw------- 1 root root 58235 Dec 22 12:40 messages
-rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 94745 Sep 12 07:46 mysqld.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 2010 pm
drwxr-x--- 2 apache apache 4096 Dec 22 12:33 psa-horde
-rw------- 1 root root 82262 Dec 19 01:01 rkhunter.log
-rw------- 1 root root 5794 Dec 19 01:00 rkhunter.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 1 2011 sa-update.log
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Mar 30 2011 samba
-rw------- 1 root root 17314 Dec 22 12:36 secure
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 22 05:10 spooler
drwx------ 2 sw-cp-server sw-cp-server 4096 Dec 18 03:10 sw-cp-server
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 15 2010 tallylog
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 385920 Dec 22 11:49 wtmp
-rw------- 1 root root 2942 Dec 8 16:11 yum.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 Dec 22 12:35 atmail
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 22 05:10 boot.log
-rw------- 1 root utmp 206810112 Dec 21 15:39 btmp
-rw------- 1 root root 81968 Dec 22 12:41 cron
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 16 2010 dmesg
-rw------- 1 root root 242016 Dec 15 08:36 faillog
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Dec 22 05:10 httpd
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 2 2011 kav
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2944528 Dec 22 11:49 lastlog
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 22 05:10 maillog
drwxrwsr-x 2 root mailman 4096 Dec 22 12:35 mailman
-rw------- 1 root root 58235 Dec 22 12:40 messages
-rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 94745 Sep 12 07:46 mysqld.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 2010 pm
drwxr-x--- 2 apache apache 4096 Dec 22 12:33 psa-horde
-rw------- 1 root root 82262 Dec 19 01:01 rkhunter.log
-rw------- 1 root root 5794 Dec 19 01:00 rkhunter.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 1 2011 sa-update.log
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Mar 30 2011 samba
-rw------- 1 root root 17314 Dec 22 12:36 secure
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 22 05:10 spooler
drwx------ 2 sw-cp-server sw-cp-server 4096 Dec 18 03:10 sw-cp-server
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 15 2010 tallylog
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 385920 Dec 22 11:49 wtmp
-rw------- 1 root root 2942 Dec 8 16:11 yum.log
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Found it!!! because I use plesk it is was located at /usr/local/psa/var/log/mai llog which lead me to my answer... thanks!