Log all mails and content (sSMTP)

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How can I log all emails going through sSMTP?

I can point my applications to a wrapper script, I just don't know how to write a wrapper script which logs headers and contents to a file (as much information as possible).

Thanks! 🙂

Best Answer

sSMTP has debug logging built in. In your ssmtp.conf file, include the following line: Debug=YES

When debug logging is active, the entire contents of emails sent via sSMTP, including headers, is logged to syslog.

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