Why is logrotate script not sending emails?

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Issue

  • Lgrotate is not sending emails when "mail" parameter is used inside a logrotate script e.g.:
/var/log/testlog {
        rotate 5
        create 0644 root root
        mail recipient@example.com
        compress
        delaycompress
}

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6
  • logrotate-3.7.4-9.el5_5.2

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