Re: Where can I change spamd logging?

2021-03-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 14 March 2021 07:50:37 Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 05:10:42PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > OPTIONS="--create-prefs --max-children 5 --helper-home-dir -s > > ~/log/mail.log" > > spamd is a system service and it normally (initially) runs as root, > so using a ~

Re: Where can I change spamd logging?

2021-03-14 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 05:10:42PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > OPTIONS="--create-prefs --max-children 5 --helper-home-dir -s ~/log/mail.log" spamd is a system service and it normally (initially) runs as root, so using a ~ there probably isn't what you want. Storing logs from such a daemon

Re: Where can I change spamd logging?

2021-03-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 13 March 2021 15:13:06 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 02:52:05PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > adding this "-s ~/gene/log/mail.log" inside the option "double quote > > pair"> and issueing an /etc/init.d/spamassassin restart, didn't > > bother it a bit. > > > > The way

Re: Where can I change spamd logging?

2021-03-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 02:52:05PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > adding this "-s ~/gene/log/mail.log" inside the option "double quote > pair"> and issueing an /etc/init.d/spamassassin restart, didn't bother > it a bit. > > The way I read that manpage, it should have worked. First: do you actuall

Re: Where can I change spamd logging?

2021-03-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 13 March 2021 07:13:38 Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Gene, > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 11:25:20PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > What file, and where, do I edit to put that log someplace else? > > What's unclear or not working about the --syslog= option in "man > spamd"? > > https://manpa

Re: Where can I change spamd logging?

2021-03-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 13 March 2021 07:13:38 Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Gene, > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 11:25:20PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > What file, and where, do I edit to put that log someplace else? > > What's unclear or not working about the --syslog= option in "man > spamd"? > > https://manpa

Re: Where can I change spamd logging?

2021-03-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 13 March 2021 01:02:56 mick crane wrote: > On 2021-03-13 04:25, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > Somehow, spamd and friends have gotten the idea that they can spam > > the syslog to the point where logrotate fires off at least daily, > > putting so > > much trash in the s

Re: Where can I change spamd logging?

2021-03-13 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Gene, On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 11:25:20PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > What file, and where, do I edit to put that log someplace else? What's unclear or not working about the --syslog= option in "man spamd"? https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/spamassassin/spamd.8p.en.html You can change

Re: Where can I change spamd logging?

2021-03-12 Thread mick crane
On 2021-03-13 04:25, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; Somehow, spamd and friends have gotten the idea that they can spam the syslog to the point where logrotate fires off at least daily, putting so much trash in the syslog it worthless as a troubleshooting tool. What file, and where, do I e

Where can I change spamd logging?

2021-03-12 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Somehow, spamd and friends have gotten the idea that they can spam the syslog to the point where logrotate fires off at least daily, putting so much trash in the syslog it worthless as a troubleshooting tool. What file, and where, do I edit to put that log someplace else? System