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Topic: Mail server stopped sending Logwatch reports

==== REQUIRED BASIC INFO OF YOUR IREDMAIL SERVER ====
- iRedMail version (check /etc/iredmail-release): 1.5.1 MARIADB edition.
- Deployed with iRedMail Easy or the downloadable installer? Downloadable installer
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version: Ubuntu
- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL):  MySQl
- Web server (Apache or Nginx): Nginx
- Manage mail accounts with iRedAdmin-Pro? No
- [IMPORTANT] Related original log or error message is required if you're experiencing an issue.
====
Hi,
My mail server stopped sending report such as “Logwatch for”, “Cron for * Backup all users' data under...”, “Cron for * Starting backup…” to my root@ mail.

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2 Reply by chris.23lo

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Re: Mail server stopped sending Logwatch reports

Try look at your postmaster mailbox.

3 Reply by kurb (edited by kurb 2022-09-29 04:53:52)

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Re: Mail server stopped sending Logwatch reports

chris.23lo wrote:

Try look at your postmaster mailbox.

I did, nothing there.
That's where emails were coming to.

4 Reply by ZhangHuangbin

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Re: Mail server stopped sending Logwatch reports

Is cron service running?

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Re: Mail server stopped sending Logwatch reports

Hi,
yes, it is: 
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cron.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-09-14 05:20:21 UTC; 3 weeks 2 days ago

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Re: Mail server stopped sending Logwatch reports

Try to shorten the cron job to every minute, then watch log files like /var/log/syslog and /var/log/maillog to check whether there's any related error.