Bug 30949 – Sendmail doesn't log From: in most cases

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Bug 30949 - Sendmail doesn't log From: in most cases

Summary:	Sendmail doesn't log From: in most cases

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	sysklogd (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Bill Nottingham
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Reported:	2001-03-07 10:38 EST by Fran Boon
Modified:	2014-03-16 22:19 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2004-01-27 13:33:51 EST
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Description Fran Boon 2001-03-07 10:38:55 EST

Although the To: part is logged fine when mail is delivered, the From: 
line is virtually never logged as mail is accepted.
I have been unable to work out why it was on the rare occasion when it was.

Comment 1 Need Real Name 2002-02-20 12:03:58 EST

I am also seeing this problem with different version of Sendmail and RH.  I 
have seen it with RH7.0 and Sendmail 8.9.3 and 8.12.2.

If I stop Sendmail and stop syslog and then start syslog and then start 
sendmail it will then log correctly again -- with the "from" line.

The sendmail people say it is a bug in syslog (from sendmail newsgroup): the 
likely cause is a broken syslog() function in the C library. Restarting the 
sendmail daemon should "fix" it until next time you restart the syslog
daemon

Comment 2 Oliver Schulze L. 2002-10-05 12:09:35 EDT

If you see a from=<> line in your /var/log/maillog, thats normal.
It is not imperative that sendmail shows the from= email in maillog.
Sometimes the smtp server that sends the email to sendmail, does not include
that line. It can be omited.

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