diff -Nrup ssmtp-2.60/ssmtp.c ssmtp-2.60-solar/ssmtp.c
--- ssmtp-2.60/ssmtp.c	2004-04-15 17:03:24.000000000 -0400
+++ ssmtp-2.60-solar/ssmtp.c	2004-04-23 02:55:27.000000000 -0400
@@ -100,18 +100,20 @@ void log_event(int priority, char *forma
 {
 	char buf[(BUF_SZ + 1)];
 	va_list ap;
-
+#if (defined (LOGFILE) && defined(LOGFILE_FILENAME))
+	FILE *fp;
+#endif
 	va_start(ap, format);
 	(void)vsnprintf(buf, BUF_SZ, format, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 
-#ifdef LOGFILE
-	if((fp = fopen("/tmp/ssmtp.log", "a")) != (FILE *)NULL) {
+#if (defined (LOGFILE) && defined(LOGFILE_FILENAME))      
+	if((fp = fopen(LOGFILE_FILENAME, "a")) != (FILE *)NULL) {
 		(void)fprintf(fp, "%s\n", buf);
 		(void)fclose(fp);
 	}
 	else {
-		(void)fprintf(stderr, "Can't write to /tmp/ssmtp.log\n");
+		(void)fprintf(stderr, "Can't write to "LOGFILE_FILENAME"\n");
 	}
 #endif
 
diff -Nrup ssmtp-2.60/ssmtp.h ssmtp-2.60-solar/ssmtp.h
--- ssmtp-2.60/ssmtp.h	2002-09-27 09:18:24.000000000 -0400
+++ ssmtp-2.60-solar/ssmtp.h	2004-04-23 02:55:59.000000000 -0400
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 #define MAXARGS  _POSIX_ARG_MAX
 #endif
 
+#if (defined (LOGFILE) && !defined(LOGFILE_FILENAME))
+#define LOGFILE_FILENAME "/dev/stdout"
+#endif
+
 typedef enum {False, True} bool_t;
 
 struct string_list {