Bug#988304: exim4: rsyslog log files not getting any new info

Andreas Metzler ametzler at bebt.de
Mon May 10 18:38:37 BST 2021


On 2021-05-10 GSR <gsr.bugs at infernal-iceberg.com> wrote:
> Package: exim4
> Version: 4.94.2-2
> Severity: normal

> After updating from 4.94.2-1 any info stopped appearing in rsyslog
> (8.2102.0-2) files like /var/log/mail.log. Mail can be sent and
> received, and /var/log/exim4/mainlog gets new lines. So it seems to be
> something about talking with syslog.

Hello,

what log_file_path setting are you using? I am aware that 
log_file_path = :syslog
does not duplicate the entries to syslog but only logs to /var/log/exim4
(See https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2733#c5 and later.)

cu Andreas
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