# System Log

The System Log, displays the send and receive mail transactions for Server. This file shows the contents of syslog.txt.

## Typical Log Files

Some typical log files are the following:

- Files with names in the form of logMMDD.txt contain messages sent to 's log server.

- File names in the form sysMMDD.txt are messages from services that have their log file format set to sysMMDD.txt.

- The W1yymmdd.log is the daily log file for the Web Administration server (when the Web Administration capability is enabled in the Monitor server).

- W2yymmdd.log is the daily log file for the web server.

## File Extensions

The file extension also indicates the type of file.

- .smd and .smp file extensions indicate regular mail messages being processed by SMTP.

- .fwd and .fwp file extensions indicate forwarded messages.

- .LST file extensions indicate messages to subscribers of a list server mailing list.

- .tmp are web mail, or Mail to Beeper/Pager, or Mail to Fax files.

- .GSE and .GSP file extensions indicate error messages being returned to the senders. These are usually generated by the server (postmaster)

Files that contain a tilde (~) in the file extension, such as .~mp and .~md, are locked files that are in process. These files also have an underscore as the first character in the file name.

For more information on the spool directory and log files, see Appendix E: Spool, Queue, and Log Files in the User's Guide.

Related Topics

The Spool Directory

Monitor Access Log

Monitor System Log