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Re: how to limit maillog size



 On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:46:28 -0700 (PDT) 
Dave Peters <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> All, 
> 
> How can I limit maillog size so it can generate new 
> one when it reaches the limited? 

At least on RHEL 4, the maillog rotation is coordinated with syslog. 
Look in /etc/logrotate.d/syslog. 

SuSE systems use the name mail rather than maillog, but it is still 
pat of the syslog rotation. 




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