OSEC

Neohapsis is currently accepting applications for employment. For more information, please visit our website www.neohapsis.com or email hr@neohapsis.com
 
Re: Very weird e-mail problems

From: Patrick - South Valley Internet (patrickmgarlic.com)
Date: Fri Dec 01 2006 - 14:43:55 CST

Okay, I will do what you suggested and post back to the mailing list.

Thanks Wietse.

Patrick

Wietse Venema wrote:
> Patrick - South Valley Internet:
>
>> Hi Wietse,
>>
>> What should I be looking for in the logs?
>>
>
> You DO NOT use grep.
>
> When mail is not delivered, you start with the machine that originates
> the mail, and you LOOK AT EVERY LOGFILE RECORD around the time that
> the mail was posted.
>
> The logfile shows that either the mail was delivered to the next
> machine, or it was not.
>
> If the mail was not delivered to the next machine, the logs show
> why. Fix that problem.
>
> If the mail was delivered to the next machine, you repeat the steps
> above there, and so on.
>
> Wietse
>
>
>
>
>