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Postfix Is Not Writing Logs Under /var/log/maillog. (Doc ID 2486433.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Applies to:

Oracle Linux Cloud Service - Version Oracle Linux 6.0 to Oracle Linux 6.10 [Release OL6 to OL6U10]
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.0 to Oracle Linux 6.10 [Release OL6 to OL6U10]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A to N/A [Release 1.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

. Postfix is not writing to /var/log/mailog in Oracle Linux 6.

Changes

 .The /etc/rsyslog.conf file was customized 

  Some entries were removed

Cause

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