The administrator probably gave you access to the LISTSERV log directory, not the
system log directory.  You would need to ask the administrator where the sendmail logs
are kept, and that person may need to look in the sendmail.cf file to see where log
information (if any) is kept.

In many cases, the sendmail log information is stored in a file called maillog, or, on
UNIX server, stored in the syslog file.  A sample line in the sendmail log file could look
something like this:

Mar  2 04:03:03 linus2 sendmail[2425]: EAA02424:
to=<[log in to unmask]>, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00,
mailer=local, stat=Sent

The level of log detail depends on the setting.

I hope this helps you out.

Rich Keller


> > > "13 Feb 2003 15:43:10 Mail posted via SMTP to [log in to unmask]
> > > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> " <e-mail address removed for confidentiality>
>
> > This is from the LISTSERV log, not the Sendmail log. All this tells
> > you is the process of sending a message to [log in to unmask]  has begun.
> >
> A couple of you have mentioned this "sendmail" log.
>
> The administrator gave me ftp access to the log file directory.  There
> are two types of files in the form listserv-yyyymmdd.log and
> smtp-yyyymmdd.log. I also have access to the list archives through the
> web interface.
>
> But where would the sendmail log be and what does it look like (i.e.
> how is it named)?
>
> ...Wes Anderson