--- a/runtime/filetype.vim.old       2011-01-13 11:19:48.000000000 +0100
+++ b/runtime/filetype.vim   2011-01-13 11:29:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.hgrc,*hgrc		setf cfg
 
 " Messages
-au BufNewFile,BufRead /var/log/messages,/var/log/messages.*[0-9]  setf messages
+au BufNewFile,BufRead /var/log/{auth.log,cron.log,daemon.log,debug,kern.log,lpr.log,mail.err,mail.info,mail.log,mail.warn,messages,news/news.crit,news/news.err,news/news.notice,syslog,user.log}{,.*[0-9]} setf messages
 
 " Metafont
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.mf			setf mf