sendmail 8.13 Companion

A Useful Table

There is only one table in this chapter.

Logging Equates

When the LogLevel option level is 9 or above (24.9.56^[3ed]), sendmail logs one line of information for each envelope sender and one line of information for each recipient delivery or deferral. See Table 14-1.

Table 14-1. what= in syslog output lines

what=	sendmail text reference	Description
action=	Section 14.1.2 [V8.13]	The Milter phase in effect
arg1=	14.5.1[3ed]	The argument to a check_ rule set
bodytype=	14.5.2[3ed]	The body type of the message
class=	14.5.3[3ed]	The Precedence: header’s value
ctladdr=	14.5.4[3ed]	The controlling user
daemon=	14.5.5[3ed]	The name of the sender’s daemon
delay=	14.5.6[3ed]	Total time to deliver
dsn=	14.5.7[3ed]	Show DSN status code
from=	14.5.8[3ed]	The envelope sender
len=	14.5.10[3ed]	The length of a too-long header value
mailer=	14.5.11[3ed]	The delivery agent used
milter=	Section 14.1.1 [V8.13]	The name of the Milter used to inhibit delivery
msgid=	14.5.12[3ed]	The Message-Id: header identifier
nrcpts=	14.5.13[3ed]	The number of recipients
ntries=	14.5.14[3ed]	The number of delivery attempts
pri=	14.5.15[3ed]	The initial priority
proto=	14.5.16[3ed]	The protocol used in transmission
quarantine=	Section 14.1.3 [V8.13]	The reason a message was quarantined
reject=	14.5.17[3ed]	The reason a message was rejected
relay=	14.5.18[3ed]	The host that sent or ...