---
name: "mailgraph"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "mailgraph"
version: "1.14-23"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mailgraph"
---

# mailgraph(8)

daemon which produces graphs of SMTP traffic

## NAME

mailgraph - daemon which produces graphs of SMTP traffic

## SYNOPSIS

**mailgraph** \[ *options* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**mailgraph** is a daemon which produces mail statistics RRDtool for Postfix and Sendmail. This stats are stored for generating daily, weekly, monthly and yearly graphs of sent/received/rejected and bounced/viruses/spam mails.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Display help and exit.

- **-v, --verbose**

  Be verbose about what you do.

- **-V, --version**

  Output version information and exit.

- **-c, --cat**

  Cause the logfile to be only read and not monitored.

- **-l, --logfile** *file*

   Monitor logfile *file* instead of /var/log/syslog.

- **-t, --logtype** *type*

  Set logfile's *type* (default: syslog).

- **-y, --year**

  Start year of the log file (default: current year).

- **--host=***HOST*

  Use only entries for *HOST* (regexp) in syslog.

- **-d, --daemon**

  Start in the background

- **--daemon-pid=***FILE*

  Write PID to *FILE* instead of /var/run/mailgraph.pid.

- **--daemon-rrd=***DIR*

  Write RRDs to *DIR* instead of /var/lib/mailgraph/.

- **--daemon-log=***FILE*

  Write verbose-log to *FILE* instead of /var/log/mailgraph.log.

- **--ignore-localhost**

  Ignore mail to/from localhost (used for virus scanner).

- **--ignore-host=***HOST*

  Ignore mail to/from *HOST* (used for virus scanner).

- **--no-mail-rrd**

  Do not update the mail rrd.

- **--no-virus-rrd**

  Do not update the virus rrd.

- **--no-greylist-rrd**

  Do not update the greylist rrd.

- **--rrd-name=***NAME*

  Use *NAME*.rrd, *NAME*\_virus.rrd and *NAME*\_greylist.rrd for the rrd files.

- **--rbl-is-spam**

  Count rbl rejects as spam.

- **--virbl-is-virus**

  Count virbl rejects as viruses.

## SEE ALSO

[rrdtool(1)](/rrdtool/1.md), [RRDs(3pm)](/RRDs/3pm.md)

## AUTHOR

David Schweikert \<dws@ee.ethz.ch\>