FreeBSD syslog troubles

[Todd Martin]

Thanks, Kelly, for you attempts at solving my problem.

I already have:
        mail.*                  /var/log/maillog

Are you suggesting to change this entry or add a duplicate entry for testing?

~Todd

>im not sure if you have a syslog.conf in your etc, but try adding a line
>like this
>mail.*                                          /var/log/mail/maillog
>and then restart mailscanner, it should write something to
>/var/log/mail/maillog, you may have to creat that mail dir in your /var/log
>dir
>hope this helps
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Todd Martin" <todd at DECAGON.COM>
>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:47 PM
>Subject: Re: FreeBSD syslog troubles
>
>
>>  ummm...I can't tell you what version. The -v option is a FreeBSD
>>  extension for verbose (and there is no -V). Manually starting syslogd
>>  doesn't report the version. The man pages aren't helping me either.
>>
>>  This is a FreeBSD 4.5 box -- the latest.
>>
>>  For what it's worth, spamassassin is writing to the maillog...
>>
>>  ~Todd
>>
>>  >what version of syslogd? do syslogd -v
>>  >
>>  >----- Original Message -----
>>  >From: "Todd Martin" <todd at DECAGON.COM>
>>  >To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>>  >Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 3:33 AM
>>  >Subject: FreeBSD syslog troubles
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >>  Hi again,
>>  >>
>>  >>  I'm not seeing any mailscanner messages in my maillog. I've sent
>>  >>  myself a few dummy files that correctly trip the "extension not
>>  >>  allowed" filter.
>>  >>
>>  >>  I've read the mailscanner FAQ, but the item about syslog seems
>>  >>  specific to Linux. Syslogd on FreeBSD doesn't seem to have a -r
>>  >>  option. The man pages for syslogd, Sys::Syslog, and syslog.conf
>>  >>  aren't helping. What simple thing am I missing?
>>  >>
>>  >>  ~Todd
>>  >>
>>  >
>>
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