maillog entry understanding

[Jon L. Miller]

being new to Linux (RH) and all it's wonderful toys oops. I mean tools I
would like to get more understanding of the maillog entry and what some of
the information one could obtain from the log file.  I'm using sendmail

for instance what would the following info in this line mean:
Jun  7 15:56:21 gateway sendmail[31925]: PAA31923:
to=<thomas.lingner at balcab.ch>, ctladdr=<gillian at sime.com.au> (539/540),
delay=00:00:45, xdelay=00:00:27, mailer=esmtp, relay=smtp.balcab.ch.
[213.200.1.126], stat=Sent (JAA20369 Message accepted for delivery)

Primary what does the following mean:
[31925] = message id?
PAA31923 =???
stat = Sent (JAA20369 Message accepted for delivery); is this the message ID
if so what is the above.

If an attachment is sent with the e-mail how do I tell if it was sent or
rejected?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.


Jon L. Miller
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Compaq ASE
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