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| error:: information and tracebacks from unanticipated exceptions and other error info. fromusenet:: information about posts gated from USENET via the mail<->news gateway |
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| mischief:: information about unpermitted actions such as login failures for lists with private rosters as these can be attempts to fish for list membership. | mischief:: information about unpermitted actions such as login failures for lists with private rosters as these can be attempts to fish for list membership. |
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| vette:: information about things held for moderator approval and other similar events. | vette:: information about things held for moderator approval and other similar events. |
What log files (logs) does Mailman write?
In a source install, Mailman's log files are in /usr/local/mailman/logs/ or in logs/ in the 'var_prefix' directory.
Some packages put them in /var/log/mailman/.
The logs Mailman writes are:
- bounce
- information related to automated bounce processing
- error
- information and tracebacks from unanticipated exceptions and other error info.
- fromusenet
- information about posts gated from USENET via the mail-news gateway
- locks
- information about lockfile anomalies
- mischief
- information about unpermitted actions such as login failures for lists with private rosters as these can be attempts to fish for list membership.
- post
- information about delivered posts
- qrunner
- qrunner start/stop and other status messages
- smtp
- all Mailman's outgoing smtp sessions
- smtp-failure
- failed outgoing smtp transactions
- subscribe
- information about (un)subscriptions and address changes
- vette
- information about things held for moderator approval and other similar events.