On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 12:04:44AM +0000, Ben Wheeler wrote: > On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 07:51:08PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 06:28:14PM +0000, Ben Wheeler wrote: > > > This episode has raised an interesting point. It took me a couple of days > > > to realise that mail had dried up and check the paniclog. Mail going down > > > is the one thing you won't be mailed about. So I've added > > > mail.err * > > > to /etc/syslog.conf in the hope that I won't be left in the dark > > > about it in future. > > > > Does not work, since exim does not log through syslog. > > Not exim, no, but cronjob /etc/cron.daily/exim4-base monitors paniclog > and logs through syslog with priority mail.alert if there's something > in there (probably more than once a day would be better but there's > other stuff in there too).
Ah. Good. I thought of that when I implemented the check. Thanks for reminding me. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]