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Old 06-07-2010, 11:55 PM   #1
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/var/log/maillog is empty

My maillog is empty. Why? What controls it (turns it on)?

Is this unusual?

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My maillog is empty. Why? What controls it (turns it on)?

Is this unusual?

RHFC6 GoDaddy Virtual Server - 15 mailboxes
Which MTA?
 
Old 06-08-2010, 05:07 PM   #3
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Which MTA?
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Old 07-03-2010, 10:38 AM   #4
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I removed the /var/log/maillog and it stopped logging, even if I created an empty file for it there. To start it again, I did "service syslog restart".
 
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I removed the /var/log/maillog and it stopped logging, even if I created an empty file for it there. To start it again, I did "service syslog restart".
I'll try the "service syslog restart" - thanks.
 
  


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