On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Bob Holtzman wrote:
> 
> > I just got logwatch fired up and I'm seeing entries such as:
> >
> >  --------------------- sendmail Begin ------------------------
> >
> > 1161352 bytes transferred
> > 267 messages sent
> >  ---------------------- sendmail End -------------------------
> >
> > If this refers to outgoing messages from my box, I have a problem, true?
> > I'm running RH 7.3 and checked  medium security level when I installed.
> > Any other information required?
> 
> Not enough information to know if you have a problem.
> 
> Have a look at the real log that logwatch analyzed. Maybe it is
> /var/log/maillog or /var/log/mail.log or similar. (See /var/log/mail* and
> also "grep mail /etc/syslog.conf".)
> 
> What do your logs show you about the outgoing mails? What generated them
> and/or who are the senders?

Very interesting. No outgoing mail listed in /var/log/maillog except the 
incoming ones relayed to me from sendmail. these are marked: stat=Sent.
Even the outgoing messages I know I sent (checked by date and time) are 
not listed.

> 
> I wrote a sendmail log analyzer. It might be useful for you.
> http://www.reedmedia.net/software/sendmail_stats/

I'll test this out as soon as I get some time.

Any more info needed?
Thanks.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
"If you think you're getting free lunch,
 ......check the price of the beer!"

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