Dovecot lmtp doesn't log

Stephan Bosch s.bosch at ox.io
Mon Dec 4 13:24:02 EET 2017



Op 4-12-2017 om 11:08 schreef Tomislav Perisic:
> Im sure because dovecot from server A takes the email from the MTA and 
> proxies it to the dovecot on server B that doesnt have an MTA.

Right. Forgot about that part.

Regards,

Stephan.

> On 4 Dec 2017 10:54, "Stephan Bosch" <s.bosch at ox.io 
> <mailto:s.bosch at ox.io>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     Op 1-12-2017 om 15:30 schreef Tomislav Perisic:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         Thanks for replying.
>
>         initially logging was done via syslog, and the custom log file
>         for mail.* facility was /var/log/maillog. Everything was
>         logged normally (dovecot login logouts, sieve scripts, extra
>         debugging lines) but nothing regarding LMTP. I would receive
>         the email in my inbox but I wouldnt be able to see anything in
>         the logs regarding this. After that i turned off syslog and
>         used the direct dovecot logging to a separate file. Again, it
>         was logging everything except of LMTP (mail debug is turned on).
>
>         Does anyone have a working configuration regarding this that
>         they don't have a problem with LMTP logging? If yes could you
>         please send me your config and dovecot version to compare.
>
>         Or if anyone has any other ideas.
>
>
>     Are you sure Dovecot LMTP  is even being used? Your MTA may be
>     delivering messages directly, without involving Dovecot. Check the
>     MTA logs.
>




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