How to check Mail Log in a Dedicated Box using WHM

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Steps to check Mail Log in Web Hosting Manager:

Step-1: Log in to the WHM panel.

Step-2: Click on Mail Log.

Step-3: It will display the complete Mail Log information.

Step-4: You will be offered with the information such as per day traffic summary, message rejects details and much more.

Get more info about checking the Mail Log in WHM - Dedicated or VPS or Cloud Hosting, by contacting support team members through phone call, email, ticket system, or live chat. Support team members are available 24/7 to solve all your issues.

How to check the mail log?

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Many people use email services on their dedicated servers. Email plays an important role in communication between businesses and their customers. With email, you can also easily create brand awareness of your business products and services. If you are using dedicated hosting for your website and looking for information on how to check the mail log on your server, here is the solution.

Here is the solution to check the mail log on your server:

Plesk Users

Log into your Plesk SSH or Root access
Follow this path to locate your email logs: /usr/local/psa/var/log/
To view the email log use the following command: tail -f /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
To search for a particular string: grep [email protected] /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog | more

This is how you get the log sequence showing the complete transmission of one piece of mail:

April 10 14:10:45 dv qmail: 1223985219.945231 new msg 153248276
April 10 14:10:45 dv qmail: 1223985219.945231 info msg 153248276: bytes 860 from <> qp 24106 uid 2522
April 10 14:10:45 dv qmail: 1223985219.945231 starting delivery 2: msg 163786382 to local [email protected]
April 10 14:10:45 dv qmail: 1223077819.937835 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
April 10 14:10:45 dv qmail-local-handlers[24107]: Handlers Filter before-local for qmail started ...
April 10 14:10:45 dv qmail-local-handlers[24107]: from=
April 10 14:10:45 dv qmail-local-handlers[24107]: [email protected]
April 10 14:10:45 dv qmail: 1213077819..159866 delivery 2: success: did_0+0+2/
April 10 14:10:45 dv qmail: 1213077819..160087 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
April 10 14:10:45 dv qmail: 1213077819..160159 end msg 163786382

cPanel Users

Log into your cPanel SSH or Root access
Follow this path to locate your email logs: /var/log/
To view the email log use the following command: less /var/log/maillog
To search for a particular string: grep [email protected] /var/log/exim_mainlog

This is how you get the log sequence showing the complete transmission of one piece of mail:

2010-11-10 11:40:40 1ZthQy-000586-3x <= [email protected] H=localhost (pyxv-qnqd.testdomain.com) [127.0.0.1]:42112 P=esmtpa A=dovecot_login:[email protected] S=597 [email protected] T="Hiya!" for [email protected]
2010-11-10 11:40:40 1ZthQy-000586-3x SMTP connection outbound 1446579596 1ZthQy-000586-3x example.com [email protected]
2010-11-10 11:40:40 1ZthQy-000586-3x => [email protected] R=dkim_lookuphost T=dkim_remote_smtp H=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [133.14.243.47] X=TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-C="250 2.0.0 OK 1446579596 fk5si44423567pbd.33 - gsmtp" 22010-11-10 11:40:40 1ZthQy-000586-3x Completed