At 10:51 24/06/2002 -0500, Valerie wrote:
>Can the log files generated by Mailman be cleaned out/deleted without
>hurting anything? If the answer is yes, if I delete them - will they
>recreate themselves or should I just remove the contents of them?
>
>Just wanted to check before I broke something!
>
>Thanks
>Valerie
Sounds like you might want to consider rotating you logs regularly and
automatically. Attached is an earlier post to this list by J C Lawrence
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on that topic:
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>Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:15:20 -0700
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>On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:04:32 -0700 (PDT)
>Mark Moshe Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > What is the best way to deal with log files that have become large,
> > the bounce file in particular is huge.
>
>logrotate package.
>
> > If I rename it will mailman notice it is missing and recreate
> > automatically or do I need to create an empty file.
>
>It will recreate.
>
> > Some advise would be appreciated on best practices for keeping these
> > file sizes under control.
>
>The logrotate conf I use:
>
>/var/log/mailman/bounce {
> weekly
> missingok
> create 0664 list list
> rotate 4
> compress
> delaycompress
>}
>
>/var/log/mailman/digest {
> monthly
> missingok
> create 0664 list list
> rotate 4
> compress
> delaycompress
>}
>
>/var/log/mailman/error {
> weekly
> missingok
> create 0664 list list
> rotate 4
> compress
> delaycompress
>}
>
>/var/log/mailman/post {
> monthly
> missingok
> create 0664 list list
> rotate 12
> compress
> delaycompress
>}
>
>/var/log/mailman/smtp-failure {
> daily
> missingok
> create 0664 list list
> rotate 7
> compress
> delaycompress
>}
>
>/var/log/mailman/smtp {
> daily
> missingok
> create 0664 list list
> rotate 7
> compress
> delaycompress
>}
>
>/var/log/mailman/locks {
> daily
> missingok
> create 0664 list list
> rotate 7
> compress
> delaycompress
>}
>
>/var/log/mailman/fromusenet {
> daily
> missingok
> create 0664 list list
> rotate 7
> compress
> delaycompress
>}
>
>/var/log/mailman/qrunner {
> daily
> missingok
> create 0664 list list
> rotate 7
> compress
> delaycompress
>}
>
>/var/log/mailman/subscribe {
> monthly
> missingok
> create 0664 list list
> rotate 12
> compress
> delaycompress
>}
>
>/var/log/mailman/vette {
> weekly
> create 0664 list list
> rotate 4
> compress
> delaycompress
>}
>
>
>--
>J C Lawrence
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