The Extended Exim Log helps troubleshoot the Exim issues on the Linux server by allowing you to add additional details to the Exim main log file (var/log/exim_mainlog).
After doing this, you can find from and to the addresses of your messages using Exim as an email service.
Please refer to the following steps to enable the Extended Logging in Exim –
1. Log in to the WHM Panel, go to Service Configuration and click on the Exim Configuration.
2. Click on Advanced Editor.
3. Here, we will edit, and it will update the exim.conf file.
Add the given line inside the log_selector box –
log_selector = +addressrewrite +all_parents +arguments +subject
4. Click the Save button after scrolling down, and you will see the added entry in your exim_mainlog file.
Extended Logging using the command in SSH
Refer to the following steps to enable the Extended Logging using the command in SSH -
1. Log in to the server with the root user via SSH.
2. Go to the Exim Configuration file /etc/exim.conf using your preferred text editor.
3. Find auth_relay_hosts inside the Exim configuration file and add the line given below –
log_selector = +addressrewrite +all_parents +arguments +subject
4. Save the file using :wq and restart the Exim service.
service exim restart
