Because of a bug in the "daylight time" -> "log file name" routine.
I have reported this some months ago, but nobody really listened. But now that all you northern hemishpere ppl have daylight time starting, it seems to be getting some attention. (BTW, haven't you been watching the list in the last 2 weeks, this has been discussed and Davide has said he knows what to do, but has to find the time to work on it.) Rob :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vitor Renato Alves de > Brito > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 12:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [xmail] Re: [ANNOUNCE] xmailgraph > > > > Hi, > > Why XMail are not rotating the logs at 00:00h by default? > > Before my log names had always names like pop3-200309280000, > smtp-200310100000, ctrl-200310160000, smail-200310020000 > > Now I have smtp-200310182200, smtp-200310192300, ctrl-200310182200, > ctrl-200310192300, etc. > > I need to have this always 0000. > > Davide? :-) > > Thanks. > > On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Rob Arends wrote: > > > > > That wont do what you want. -Mr says rotate logs every n hours. > > > > So -Mr 24 is more likely, but when does that start. The first > hour change > > (xx:00) or 24 hours after xmail starts? Davide? > > > > Rob :-) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vitor > Renato Alves de > > > Brito > > > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 11:46 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [xmail] Re: [ANNOUNCE] xmailgraph > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Can someone explain why XMail are rotating the logs at 23:00h > by default? > > > > > > Now to rotate the logs at 00:00h I need to put the option -Mr > 0000 to call > > > XMail or -Mr 2400? > > > > > > Can someone explain? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > On 30 Oct 2003, Achim Schmidt wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Am Don, 2003-10-30 um 01.08 schrieb Rob Arends: > > > > > Achim, first I must say, it looks very good. > > > > > > > > > > This extract from your Install.txt worries me. > > > > > > > > > > ! Also the logfiles must have the current date in its name (e.g. > > > > > pop3-200310250000), > > > > > ! (If your logs are rotated at 2300 you will have to create > > > symlinks, like > > > > > ! pop3-200310250000 linked to pop3-200310242300.) > > > > > > > > > > What happens if "-Mr 01" (Set log rotate hours step) is used, > > > this will mean > > > > > that not all the logs will be read by RDDtool. > > > > > > > > > > I would suggest that files smtp-*, pop3-*, etc are read, > that way the > > > > > problem of 2300 rotations are also resolved. > > > > > > > > > > > > > currently the last 4 digits of the logs name are ignored (e.g. > > > > pop3-20031030*) - but greping all logfiles is a cool idea (i really > > > > didn't think about that yet) - it only brings along a > little overhead. > > > > > > > > i just tried > > > > $ grep "2003-10-30 01:0" /var/MailRoot/logs/smtp-* | wc > > > > > > > > this simply lasted for about 20 seconds, because i have > logfiles since > > > > 2001 sitting in the directory... > > > > > > > > So I'll give a try for logs-YYYY* > > > > > > > > Rob, Thanks for the idea! > > > > > > > > - Achim > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > > > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo e-mail protegido Arte Final > > > > Antivírus: F-Prot / Versão: 4.1.1 / Atualizado em: 28-Out-2003 > > > > Proteja o seu e-mail com a Arte Final - http://www.artefinal.com.br > > > > > > > > > > Até mais, > > > > > > --- > > > Vitor Renato Alves de Brito - System Manager > > > Arte Final Provedor Internet - http://www.artefinal.com.br > > > Alfenas/Lavras - Sul de Minas Gerais > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo e-mail protegido Arte Final > > > Antivírus: F-Prot / Versão: 4.1.1 / Atualizado em: 28-Out-2003 > > > Proteja o seu e-mail com a Arte Final - http://www.artefinal.com.br > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo e-mail protegido Arte Final > > Antivírus: F-Prot / Versão: 4.1.1 / Atualizado em: 28-Out-2003 > > Proteja o seu e-mail com a Arte Final - http://www.artefinal.com.br > > > > Até mais, > > --- > Vitor Renato Alves de Brito - System Manager > Arte Final Provedor Internet - http://www.artefinal.com.br > Alfenas/Lavras - Sul de Minas Gerais > > > > > --- > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo e-mail protegido Arte Final > Antivírus: F-Prot / Versão: 4.1.1 / Atualizado em: 28-Out-2003 > Proteja o seu e-mail com a Arte Final - http://www.artefinal.com.br > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
