tried that ... no entries for syslog there .... i have mail, lastlog, messages, sudo, wtmp, etc. ... but no syslog ..
--- Marty Wedepohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try /var/log/syslog for imapd messages > > > thanks, derek ... > > > > it occurs several times a day at seemingly random > > times ... > > > > i've looked in /var/log/ and i can't figure out > where > > imap is writing ... is it messages? or mail? or > > somewhere else? > > > > also, i don't know how to determine which imap is > > running ... it installed by default with > engardelinux > > .. > > > > thanks for the continued help. > > > > > > --- Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If you are losing connection to an IMAP client it > is > >> your IMAP server which > >> has the issue not Postfix. Which IMAP server are > you > >> using? > >> > >> Does this happen at the same time every day? If > so > >> your IMAP server may have a > >> cron job, or an entry in /etc/logrotate.d which > is > >> 'tidying up' every day > >> and restarting the server. > >> > >> derek > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thursday 07 Nov 2002 1:59 pm, Kenn Murrah > wrote: > >> > Greetings. > >> > > >> > > >> > I've just set up a postfix mail server on an > >> Engarde > >> > (community) Linux box ... The good news is that > is > >> > works ALMOST all the time :-) > >> > > >> > > >> > But periodically (for no reason that I can > find), > >> the > >> > mail server seems to shut down, giving the > client > >> an > >> > error like "IMAP connection to server has been > >> broken" > >> > ... it's not a client issue, because when it > >> happens, > >> > ALL users attempting to access mail get a > similar > >> > message, regardless of platform ... > >> > > >> > > >> > Any ideas what's wrong? I'm wondering if my > linux > >> box > >> > itself (with only one NIC being used) might be > >> part > >> > of the problem ... Would the problem go away if > I > >> used > >> > two NICs, one for my connection to the outside > >> world, > >> > and one for connection to my intranet??? (that > may > >> be > >> > totally irrelevant, but I'm grasping at straws > >> here) > >> > .... > >> > > >> > > >> > And course, the answer may lie in the logs ... > but > >> I'm > >> > far too much of a newbie to know what I'm > looking > >> for > >> > in them... > >> > > >> > > >> > Any and all help would be appreciated. > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > > >> > > >> > Kenn Murrah > >> > > >> > > >> > > __________________________________________________ > >> > Do you Yahoo!? > >> > U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos > >> > http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 > >> > >> > >> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > > MandrakeSoft? > >> > >> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos > > http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2
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