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Date:      Wed, 6 Mar 2002 13:57:51 -0000
From:      "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
To:        "Wim Olivier" <wimo@mailbox.co.za>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: sendmail:  logging arrival time of incoming emails
Message-ID:  <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKKEIKHHAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <200203061356.g26DuFI26216@relay.mailbox.co.za>

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Wim:

The data you need should be in /var/log/maillog

Alternatively, if the mail is still in the standard mailbox file, you could
parse the headers in /var/mail/<username>

Cheers,

Barry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Wim Olivier
> Sent: 06 March 2002 13:54
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: sendmail: logging arrival time of incoming emails
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using sendmail 8.9.3.
> How does one log or find out exactly which time (and date) an email
> coming from outside the company was dropped into the local mailbox on
> FBSD 4.0-RELEASE?
> Is this possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wim Olivier
> Pretoria, RSA
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