Re: [exim] missing log entries

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Author: Todd Lyons
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] missing log entries
On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 6:22 AM, Heiko Schlittermann <hs@???> wrote:
>> | open("/var/log/exim4_incoming/mainlog", O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
>> | write(4, "2013-05-06 14:30:53 1UZKZB-0007Ho-3k <= root@???
>> | U=root P=local S=312 from <root@???> for admin@???\n", 117) = 117
>> That reveals why the log entry was not where I expected. This entry
>> has been written to /var/log/exim4_incoming/mainlog not /var/log/exim4/mainlog
> That generates a new question: why do you have the other log entries.
> Does the delivery process use an other config? Or do you use expansion
> in the log_file_path setting?


I've never seen exim do split logging like that for a single message.
I didn't think it was possible. I figure it is a custom patched exim
by his provider to do this split logging.

...Todd
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