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Author:  benpalmer79 [ Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:51 am ]
Post subject:  Postfix, Dovecot not logging on Ubuntu 12.10

I have tried going through the guide to setup mail on 10.04 at http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-ubuntu-10.04-lucid but got stuck around the dovecot stage.

Initially i got errors (through virtualmin) but now i get

Code:
telnet 127.0.0.1 pop3
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.


Although when i look in /var/log/mail.log the file is empty. I have tried adding lines to rsyslog.conf and syslog.conf but nothing gets it working.

Anybody else having trouble, starting to wish i had setup on 10.04 now

Author:  mkollek [ Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Postfix, Dovecot not logging on Ubuntu 12.10

I am having the same issue.

Support has not been able to provide me with more help.

anyone has any idea what to do???

Author:  benpalmer79 [ Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Postfix, Dovecot not logging on Ubuntu 12.10

I ended up starting another linode from scratch on 10.04 LTS. Just got apache and mysql on then just ran virtualmin installer and all dovecot/postfix installed no problem.

Found from reading around that the mysql alias method in the linode tutorials doesnt seem to be that popular with sys admins

Author:  jebblue [ Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Postfix, Dovecot not logging on Ubuntu 12.10

There are some guides which might help with debugging if you're still seeing issues:

http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Logging

Author:  dataiv [ Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Postfix, Dovecot not logging on Ubuntu 12.10

I saw this too on a fresh install after installing the 12.10 image, and then installing Postfix. Nothing, no logs. Didn't dig into it deeper as I was just playing around on a new Linode to try a few things out. But I did quickly check on the 12.04 image and there are logs.

So I think there is either an issue with the rsyslog / postfix config in the distro, or a problem with Linode's image for 12.10?

Author:  akdubya [ Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Postfix, Dovecot not logging on Ubuntu 12.10

I had the same problem. Turns out some of the key mail-related logs were owned by messagebus and not syslog. chown seems to have fixed the issue.

Author:  sunnyjassal [ Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Postfix, Dovecot not logging on Ubuntu 12.10

I ran into the same issue. The previous poster is correct.

For anyone researching the command to run is:

sudo chown syslog.adm /var/log/mail.log
sudo chmod 640 /var/log/mail.log

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