Question why does plesk change the postfix mail log file to /var/log/maillog ?

[PeterKi]

The default mail log file in Ubuntu is /var/log/mail.log which is also configured in /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog
Plesk does change the default in /etc/rsyslog.d/plesk-mail.conf to /var/log/maillog.
Thus, logrotate does not work without modifying the rsyslog config file.

Is there a special reason why plesk does change the log file?
Can I change the log file in plesk-mail.conf without breaking any plesk features?

 

[IgorG]

Is it possible to modify rotation settings for maillog on Plesk server?

Applicable to: Plesk for Linux Question Is it possible to change rotation settings for /var/log/maillog? Answer It is not possible to manage rotation settings for /var/log/maillog. By design, /var/...

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[PeterKi]

Sorry for being not precise enough.
I do not want to manage rotation settings for /var/log/maillog.
I am looking to change /etc/rsysllog.d/plesk-mail.conf to
mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
or even remove /etc/rsyslog.d/plesk-mail.conf at all.
Then mail logs should be in /var/log/mail.log which in turn gets rotated by logrotate

 

[Bitpalast]

What is the advantage of removing a fully integrated automatic rotation by Plesk that you can customize by y different log file name and your own rotation? What can your own rotation do better than the one provided by Plesk?

 

[PeterKi]

Most default log rotations suck (as does the defaults coming with logrotate)
I want all my log files rotate by size only, never by date, and I want a certain history.
Having my log files with the standard names (i.e mail.log instead of maillog) also works out of the box with logwatch.
I like logwatch as it keeps me informed about warnings and errors by a single mail once a day.