POP3 multiple lines in maillog file

[Arvy]

Hello,

In my server with latest cPanel/WHM versions, everytime some user checks his email account, 8 lines are logged in the maillog file. 8 lines with LOGIN and 8 lines with LOGOUT. This happens with all mail accounts.

The problem: the Bandwidth Usage report is giving wrong statistics. A user that downloads 20 Mbytes in a day, the report shows 160 Mbytes downloaded. With a high utilization, users get a "bandwidth exceeded" message that is not true.

My question is:
- any idea how to correct the multiple log lines?
- if not, how can I set cPanel to ignore all POP3 traffic?
- if yes, can I "cat /dev/null >/var/log/maillog" some minutes before the cron job?
- cPanel reads "maillog" file once a day to calculate the bandwidth usage or not?

Please help.

Thank you a lot,
Roger

 

[webignition]

Hello,

In my server with latest cPanel/WHM versions, everytime some user checks his email account, 8 lines are logged in the maillog file. 8 lines with LOGIN and 8 lines with LOGOUT. This happens with all mail accounts.

The problem: the Bandwidth Usage report is giving wrong statistics. A user that downloads 20 Mbytes in a day, the report shows 160 Mbytes downloaded. With a high utilization, users get a "bandwidth exceeded" message that is not true.

You might want to check that the entires in /var/cpanel/username are valid for each user. Incorrect bandwidth reporting where the value is over-reported by an exact multiple of the real value is often due to duplicate domain names in /var/cpanel/username.

- cPanel reads "maillog" file once a day to calculate the bandwidth usage or not?

I believe all bandwidth monitoring is performed in real time. I don't think that bandwidth usage is calculated from a given service's log file, hence I think it unlikely that the multiple entries in /var/log/maillog will be directly responsible for incorrect bandwidth reporting.

 

[sparek-3]

You probably have multiple lines in /etc/syslog.conf. There are various posts regarding this on this forum. You can check this thread:

http://forums.cpanel.net/showthread.php?t=52875

Some of the other threads may contain more detailed information, you will just need to search for them.

 

[Arvy]

Hello sparek-3,

thank you very much for our tip, I think you absolutely right. I've opened this file and there are exact 8 identical lines about maillog. I've removed, restarted syslog and now only one line is logged. I think the next bandwidth report will be ok.

Thank you very much for your help, I really apreciate.

Thanks webignition too, for your reply.

Roger