Problem: mail.warn log is absent on default install of Ubuntu 11.04 Fix: After installing postfix and courier etc., Edit /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf and uncomment mail.warn line (red below) vi /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf # # Logging for the mail system. Split it up so that # it is easy to write scripts to parse these files. # #mail.info -/var/log/mail.info #mail.warn -/var/log/mail.warn mail.err /var/log/mail.err and restart rsyslog. mail.warn log will now be available in /var/log/ Cheers