How can I check the maillog for message deletions made via pop?

Question

How can I check the maillog for message deletions made via pop?

Answer

One way to do this is with the following command:

Note: You will need to replace name@domain.tld with your email address.

# grep name@domain.tld /var/log/maillog* | grep -v "del=0" | grep del

The output should look something similar to this:

CONFIG_TEXT: /var/log/maillog-20210423:May 23 01:04:19 user dovecot: pop3(name@domain.tld)<1682746><yE8VNpPCzkS+cdf5>: Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=7/232, size=145286042, bytes=88/5960