Sample Text Mail Log

Use the following sample as a guide to interpret log files.

Note
Individual lines in log files are not numbered. They are numbered here only for sample purposes.
Text Mail Log Detail

1 


Mon Apr 17 19:56:22 2003 Info: New SMTP ICID 5 interface Management (10.1.1.1) address 10.1.1.209 reverse dns host remotehost.com verified yes

2 


Mon Apr 17 19:57:20 2003 Info: Start MID 6 ICID 5

3 


Mon Apr 17 19:57:20 2003 Info: MID 6 ICID 5 From: <sender@remotehost.com>

4 


Mon Apr 17 19:58:06 2003 Info: MID 6 ICID 5 RID 0 To: <mary@yourdomain.com>

5 


Mon Apr 17 19:59:52 2003 Info: MID 6 ready 100 bytes from <sender@remotehost.com>

6 


Mon Apr 17 19:59:59 2003 Info: ICID 5 close

7 


Mon Mar 31 20:10:58 2003 Info: New SMTP DCID 8 interface 192.168.42.42 address 10.5.3.25

8 


Mon Mar 31 20:10:58 2003 Info: Delivery start DCID 8 MID 6 to RID [0]

9 


Mon Mar 31 20:10:58 2003 Info: Message done DCID 8 MID 6 to RID [0]

10 


Mon Mar 31 20:11:03 2003 Info: DCID 8 close

The following table can be used as a guide to reading the previous log file.

Detail of Text Mail Log Example

Line Number

Description

1

A new connection is initiated into the system and assigned an Injection ID (ICID) of “5.” The connection was received on the Management IP interface and was initiated from the remote host at 10.1.1.209.

2

The message is assigned a Message ID (MID) of “6” after the MAIL FROM command is issued from the client.

3

The sender address is identified and accepted.

4

The recipient is identified and assigned a Recipient ID (RID) of “0.”

5

MID 5 is accepted, written to disk, and acknowledged.

6

Receiving is successful and the receiving connection closes.

7

The message delivery process starts. It is assigned a Delivery Connection ID (DCID) of “8” from 192.168.42.42 and to 10.5.3.25.

8

The message delivery starts to RID “0.”

9

Delivery is successful for MID 6 to RID “0.”

10

The delivery connection closes.