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05-10-2004, 06:12 AM	#1
Zepiroth Member Registered: May 2003 Location: Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia Distribution: Debian x64 and Ubuntu LTS Servers Posts: 56 Rep:	File /var/log/maillog too big. Dear Linux experts, Currently, I am having problem with the log of mail. I am using sendmail as the MTA and I just found out that the file /var/log/maillog is about 1.5 Gb big. The reason I have to reduce this file is the hard drive is getting out of space. Using RedHat 7.x ( I dont know the exact version ). Hard Disc : 4GB SCSI. Is it safe to truncate this file ? or Is there any safe procedure to reduce it's size ? Thank you in advance.

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