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Offline jmvelez

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email log files
« on: August 31, 2005, 06:12:46 PM »
some emails to my email from certain domains fails to deliver.  What log file can I check to see why this emails are rejected or failing.  The sender does not get a error message back

Thank you

mbachmann

email log files
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2005, 02:58:31 PM »
start searching in /var/log

Offline CharlieBrady

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Re: email log files
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2005, 08:16:54 PM »
Quote from: "jmvelez"
some emails to my email from certain domains fails to deliver.  What log file can I check to see why this emails are rejected or failing.  The sender does not get a error message back


If any attempt were made to deliver those emails, then you will see something in the smtpfront-qmail log files. But the problem might lie with the ISP or ISPs which are neither delivering the emails nor sending back bounce messages.