Your Question: What Is Maillog in Linux?
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/var/log/maillog or var/log/mail. log: is for mail server logs, handy for postfix, smtpd, or email-related services info running on your server. /var/log/kern: keeps in Kernel logs and warning info. … /var/log/dmesg: a repository for device driver messages. Use dmesg to see messages in this file.

What is Maillog?

The logs generated by Postfix are stored in a file called maillog which is usually located under /var/log. Events configuration and location of this file is controlled by /etc/syslog with the following lines: # Log all the mail messages in one place.

How do I find the SMTP log in Linux?

How To Check Mail Logs – Linux server?

  1. Login into shell access of the server.
  2. Go to below mentioned path: /var/logs/
  3. Open the desired Mail logs file and search the contents with grep command.
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