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Enabling a debug for dovecot-lda

Enabling a debug for dovecot-lda

Why?

To increase mail server logging level when sending emails in ispmanager 6.

Instructions

The ispmanager 6 panel uses the binary file /usr/local/mgr5/sbin/dovecot_lda to send emails.

To enable logging for this file, add the log_output directive to the dovecot_deliver_pipe section in the Exim configuration file at /etc/exim/exim.conf (/etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template for Debian and Ubuntu).

Section example:

dovecot_deliver_pipe:
            	driver = pipe
            	environment = "HOME=$home"
            	command = "/usr/local/mgr5/sbin/dovecot_lda"
            	return_path_add
            	log_output
            	delivery_date_add
            	envelope_to_add
            	check_string = "From "
            	escape_string = ">From "
            	user = ${extract{1}{:}{${lookup{$local_part@$domain}lsearch{/etc/exim4/passwd}}}}
            	group = ${extract{2}{:}{${lookup{$local_part@$domain}lsearch{/etc/exim4/passwd}}}}
begin retry
*           	*           	F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,6h
begin rewrite
begin authenticators

After introducing the changes, restart the Exim service:

systemctl restart exim

 

Learn more how to customize Dovecot LDA logging with Dovecot documentation!

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