NAME
maillog - seach logs for mail to/from particular people.
SYNOPSIS
maillog [-0-9 -s] person
DESCRIPTION
maillog searches the machines' current mail logs for mail to or from the user. It is used to see if one's mail was sent (actually ``was processed by the router or smtp programs''), and when.
The ``-0'' through ``-9'' options cause older copies of the logs to be searched.
The ``-s'' option causes smtp logs to be searched.
EXAMPLE
The log router entry for each message consists of the mailer's internal file number, the sender, the string ``=>'' and all recipients. This is illustrated just below.
% maillog [email protected] maillog: searching for mail to/from [email protected] in router log. <[email protected]>: file: 9237 David Collier-Brown <davecb> => <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
The smtp logs entries are different: they contain an internal file number, the string ``MAIL From:'' or ``RCPT To:'' and the person's name, thusly:
% maillog -s davecb maillog: searching for mail to/from davecb in smtp log. 858w MAIL From:<[email protected]> 1971w MAIL From:<@VM1.YorkU.CA:[email protected]> 4321w RCPT To:<[email protected]>
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
Dave Collier-Brown ([email protected])
BUGS
The current log may be for as little as one day or as long as several weeks, depending on your site's configuration. Most include only the current day's messages. The -0 through -9 options may give you older logs, depending on site policy.