Mail Log at a glance

Mail Log records every email your Joomla website sends through the Joomla mailer. For each message you see who triggered it, whom it went to, whether delivery succeeded and — depending on the settings — the full content. Failed deliveries are recorded just like successful ones. That gives you a complete record of what your website actually sent.

Mail Log is a pure administrator extension for Joomla 6 and produces no output in the frontend whatsoever.

What you use Mail Log for

• Troubleshooting delivery. You see immediately which mails failed, with the exact error message from the mail server.
• Proof and audit. Was the order confirmation, the registration mail, the notification really sent? The log answers that with timestamp, recipient and content.
• Resending. A lost mail can be delivered again with one click — to the original addresses or to a different one.
• An overview of the volume. The dashboard shows volume, peak times and error rates at a glance.

Privacy is built in, not bolted on

A mail log inevitably stores potentially sensitive content. Mail Log is therefore frugal with the data out of the box:

• Sensitive mails are recognised. Messages with subject lines such as "reset password", "token" or "2FA" are classified as sensitive automatically and stored with metadata only by default — the reset link does not end up in the log.
• Encryption without a key in the database. If you choose encrypted storage, the key is derived from the Joomla secret and is not held in the database. A stolen database alone does not reveal the content.
• Attachments outside the web root. Captured attachments are copied to a protected directory that cannot be reached directly over the web.
• Separate permissions for reading. Whoever may see the list may not automatically read the message texts — that is a permission of its own.
• Strictly local. No external services are contacted. No data leaves your website.

What Mail Log consists of

The package installs three extensions that belong together:

• The component com_maillog — the backend interface with dashboard, list and detail view.
• The system plugin plg_system_maillog — it intercepts the mail sending and writes the log entries. Without this plugin nothing is recorded.
• The task plugin plg_task_maillog — the maintenance tasks for the Joomla task scheduler (cleanup, statistics, migration).

How to read on

If you are starting out, this order works best:

1. Requirements and installation
2. Download key and updates
3. Quick start: the dashboard
4. The log list
5. Looking at an entry
6. Body storage, encryption and sensitive content

Applies to version 1.0.5.

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