maillog stops logging?

[Gao]

No problem. I'll report back if it happens again.

Also I just took a look on the yum.log and here is the update I did:
Jan 15 11:53:19 Updated: 1:openssl-libs-1.0.1e-51.el7_2.2.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:20 Updated: openssh-6.6.1p1-23.el7_2.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:20 Updated: nss-3.19.1-19.el7_2.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:20 Updated: nss-sysinit-3.19.1-19.el7_2.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:21 Updated: 1:grub2-tools-2.02-0.34.el7.centos.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:22 Updated: kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:22 Updated: kernel-tools-3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:23 Updated: 1:grub2-2.02-0.34.el7.centos.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:24 Updated: nss-tools-3.19.1-19.el7_2.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:24 Updated: openssh-clients-6.6.1p1-23.el7_2.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:24 Updated: openssh-server-6.6.1p1-23.el7_2.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:25 Updated: pure-ftpd-1.0.42-3.el7.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:26 Updated: 1:openssl-devel-1.0.1e-51.el7_2.2.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:27 Updated: 1:openssl-1.0.1e-51.el7_2.2.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:27 Updated: jwhois-4.0-44.el7.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:37 Installed: kernel-3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:38 Updated: gnutls-3.3.8-14.el7_2.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:48 Installed: kernel-devel-3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:49 Updated: kernel-headers-3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64
Jan 15 11:53:50 Updated: python-perf-3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64

Could it be the kernel update fixed the issue?

Gao


On 16-01-28 11:35 AM, Jerry Benton wrote:
> Gao,
>
> If you see this issue again, please tell me. I am really hoping that update you did contained the correction to the problem and it is not a problem with how Perl logs.
>
> -
> Jerry Benton
> www.mailborder.com
>
>
>
>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 11:57 AM, Gao <gao at pztop.com> wrote:
>>
>> I had this issue as well.
>>
>> I am using CentOS 7.2  64bit and during the last month maillog stopped twice without any reason. When the maillog stops, message log also stopped. But other log (secure, fail2ban.,etc) keep working. I also have MailWatch on the same box and MailScanner still send records to MailWatch.
>>
>> I tried to restart rsyslogd and MailScanner and that didn't bring the logging back. I have to reboot the server then everything back to normal.
>>
>> Last time the maillog stopped is a week ago. I did a full "yum update" and reboot. So far the maillog is working well. Not sure what happened. I still have my finger crossed...
>>
>> Gao
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16-01-28 04:17 AM, Jerry Benton wrote:
>>> What OS are you using?
>>>
>>> -
>>> Jerry Benton
>>> www.mailborder.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 7:16 AM, Walt Thiessen <wt at dld2000.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My server at /etc/init.d/ doesn't have a file named rsyslog.
>>>>
>>>> Here's an ls -l for /etc/init.d/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root   4096 Jan 27 21:11 ./
>>>> drwxr-xr-x. 10 root root   4096 Jan 27 21:11 ../
>>>> -rwxr--r--.  1 root wheel  1151 Feb 25  2015 bandmin*
>>>> -rw-r--r--.  1 root root  12972 Oct 10 00:07 cpfunctions
>>>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root   2502 Dec 16 11:06 dovecot*
>>>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root   1067 Jan 27 21:11 filelimits*
>>>> -rw-r--r--   1 root root  13948 Sep 16 07:51 functions
>>>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root   2989 Sep 16 07:51 netconsole*
>>>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root   6630 Sep 16 07:51 network*
>>>> -rw-r--r--   1 root root   1160 Nov 19 23:49 README
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/28/2016 7:09 AM, Jerry Benton wrote:
>>>>> /etc/init.d/rsyslog restart
>>>>>
>>>>> maybe?
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>> Jerry Benton
>>>>> www.mailborder.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 7:08 AM, Walt Thiessen <wt at dld2000.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Correct
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/28/2016 7:05 AM, Jerry Benton wrote:
>>>>>>> Both the MTA and MailScanner are not logging to it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>> Jerry Benton
>>>>>>> www.mailborder.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 7:04 AM, Walt Thiessen <wt at dld2000.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For some unknown reason, my /var/log/maillog stopped recording entries
>>>>>>>> two days ago. There's plenty of available storage on the server ... only
>>>>>>>> about 9% has been used.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Exim_mainlog continues to record entries, but not maillog.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> MailScanner continues to scan emails. I can see the results of it in
>>>>>>>> delivered emails' message source. X-org-name-MailScanner-Information
>>>>>>>> shows up in the message source.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there some way to turn maillog off and on that I should check?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Walt Thiessen
>>>>>>>>
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