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Logwatch no longer sends e-mails properly but used to fine, is it a known bug ?

What am I missing with Logwatch ? A recent restore from backup means mails no longer get sent by cron.

In /etc/cron.daily/00logwatch I have:

#execute

/usr/sbin/logwatch --mailto me@me.com

Any ideas if I can just edit root inside the script itself to something like me@me.com under the e-mail setting ?
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Check and see that your mail is not being rejected by an upstream host. If you are not relaying via your ISP, you may find that your server's IP address has been blacklisted. Try http://www.smtpcheck.net/ with your IP.

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UserZeroLtd
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Try editing the /usr/sbin/logwatch script directly and change root to something else.

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Mayhew
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