Setting Mail Service Logging Options
Mail service logs can show the following levels of reported detail: ÂÂ Debug: All debugging information
ÂÂ Information: Connection transactions, delivery attempts, authentication attempts
ÂÂ Notice: Authentication failures
ÂÂ Critical: Errors that require prompt administration attention
ÂÂ Warning: All warnings and errors
ÂÂ Errors: All errors
ÂÂ Critical: Errors that require prompt administration attention
Setting the Mail Service Log Detail
You can choose log detail for each service category (outgoing, incoming, or junk mail filter).
To set the Mail service log detail:
1In Server Admin, select a computer in the Servers list, then select Mail.
2Click Settings.
3Select the Logging tab.
4Select the service whose log detail you want to set:
ÂÂ SMTP for outgoing mail and connections from external mail servers ÂÂ POP/IMAP for incoming mail retrieval for users
ÂÂ Junk Mail/Virus for the junk Mail service
5Choose a detail level from the Log Detail Level
6Click Save.
Archiving Mail Service Logs by Schedule
Mac OS X Server archives Mail service logs after a specified time. Each archive log is compressed and uses less disk space than the original log file. You can customize the schedule to archive the logs after a set period of time, measured in days.
To archive logs by schedule:
1In Server Admin, select Mail in the Computer & Services list.
2Click Settings.
3Select the Logging tab.
4Click “Archive Logs Every ____ Days.”
5Enter the number of days.
6Click Save.
For information about viewing Mail service logs, see “Viewing Mail Service Logs” on page 86.
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