diff --git a/tests/test_email.py b/tests/test_email.py
index 7a2308d7229656b6ea26247c440f440cbd1662f8..402d224406a6fa7233c0953a6d12e5b30378a335 100755
--- a/tests/test_email.py
+++ b/tests/test_email.py
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ def check_send(sender: str) -> tuple:
     # find logs
     if Path("/var/log/mail.log").is_file():
         cmd = "grep '{}' /var/log/mail.log".format(email)
+    elif Path("/var/log/maillog").is_file():
+        cmd = "grep '{}' /var/log/maillog".format(email)
     else:
         u.info("/var/log/mail.log not found, trying journalctl")
         cmd = "journalctl -t postfix/smtp | grep {}".format(email)