Wednesday, December 18, 2024

configuring Logwatch to ship emails to a recipient of your choice. Simply edit the /etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf file and add the following line: MailTo = recipient@example.com

What’s your project about, or what do you hope to achieve with Sequoia on this Intel iMac?

The logs are monitored efficiently by Logwatch on the Raspberry Pi, functioning smoothly without any issues. Despite initial challenges, I’m struggling to get logwatch working on my Mac, sending output via email.

Using MSMTP on both my Mac and Raspberry Pi as a reliable SMTP client. Configured similarly to Gmail, they leverage the relay host setup.

On my Raspberry Pi, I leverage the settings specified within the configuration file.

mailer = "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t"

When exploiting the identical script on a Mac, it appears to execute without generating any error messages; nonetheless, the emails never successfully transmit or deliver. No error messages are recorded in the msmtp log file.

Since I am a professional editor, I would improve this sentence in the following way:

You are aware that logwatch is functioning effectively because you have exploited its capabilities.

What's the story behind this command? The syntax suggests a Linux user trying to run a system monitoring tool called Logwatch, with output directed to the standard output stream (stdout). The presence of Sellotape and $newman may indicate a humorous or whimsical tone.

I get:

 ################### Logwatch 7.11 (07/22/24) ####################
        Processing Initiated: Wed Dec 18 12:43:29 2024
        Date Vary Processed: yesterday
                              ( 2024-Dec-17 )
                              Interval is day.
        Element Stage of Output: 5
        Sort of Output/Format: stdout / textual content
        Logfiles for Host: Sellotape.native
 ##################################################################
<snip>

Sending mail from a Mac on the command line proves surprisingly straightforward:

The simplicity of a command-line interface. Here's the text in a different style:

"Command Prompt: User mnewman$
Email Sent Successfully! Topic: 'Hello Mac' Completed."
SKIP
The precision of a log file! Here's the same text, reimagined in a sleek, concise style: 

Dec 18, 12:50:18 
SMTP Session Summary:
Host: smtp.gmail.com
TLS: Enabled
Authentication: Successful
Recipient: me
Mail Size: 178 bytes
SMTP Status: 250 OK
SMTP Message: '250 2.0.0 OK  1734501018 98e67ed59e1d1-2f2ed644980sm487477a91.26 - gsmtp'
Exit Code: EX_OK

It seems that you’ve misunderstood how to configure Logwatch to send its outputs via email.

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