MailWatch Logger fails to log anything on first start

[shawniverson]

Steps to reproduce

1. Start mailscanner

Expected result

MailWatch Logger should be sending info, warnings, etc. to syslog

Actual result

Nothing is sent to syslog until after the Logger dies (3600 seconds later after idle) and is respawned

Installation

Version and method

• MailWatch Version: [ stable 1.2.17 ]
• Install type: [ GitHub checkout ]
• Updated from an older MailWatch or fresh install: [ Fresh install ])

Server configuration

• Operation System: [ AlmaLinux ] version [ 8 ]
• PHP version: [ 7.2 ]
• Database: [ MariaDB ] version [ 10.3.28 ]
• Mail Server: [ Postfix ]
• Used web server: [ Apache ] version [ 2.4.37 ]

[mbotebm]

I have run the php upgrade and it runs all through producing one warning and a few informational messages. However despite this I am still unable to get the mailscanner to log the emails. Hope the below highlighted is not serious.

ERROR/WARNING SUMMARY _Table Index: MySQL version unsupported for index subject_idx on table maillog, upgrade to version >= 50604 (you have version 50568)_ conf.php: optional configuration entry "RPC_PORT" is missing, needed if RPC_ONLY mode is enabled conf.php: optional configuration entry "RPC_SSL" is missing, needed if RPC_ONLY mode is enabled conf.php: optional configuration entry "RPC_REMOTE_SERVER" is missing, needed to show number of mails in postfix queues on remote server (RPC) conf.php: optional configuration entry "VIRUS_REGEX" is missing, needed in distributed setup conf.php: optional configuration entry "LDAP_BIND_PREFIX" is missing, needed when using LDAP authentication conf.php: optional configuration entry "LDAP_BIND_SUFFIX" is missing, needed when using LDAP authentication conf.php: optional configuration entry "PWD_RESET_FROM_NAME" is missing, needed if Password Reset feature is enabled conf.php: optional configuration entry "PWD_RESET_FROM_ADDRESS" is missing, needed if Password Reset feature is enabled conf.php: optional configuration entry "SESSION_NAME" is missing, needed if experiencing session conflicts conf.php: optional configuration entry "MAILWATCH_SMTP_HOSTNAME" is missing, needed only if you use a remote SMTP server to send MailWatch emails conf.php: optional configuration entry "ALLOW_NO_USER_DOMAIN" is missing, allow usernames not in mail format for domain admins and regular users conf.php: optional configuration entry "ENABLE_SUPER_DOMAIN_ADMINS" is missing, allows domain admins to change domain admins from the same domain