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-- 
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:42:27 -0400 (EDT)
Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> wrote:

-> 
-> I do
-> 
-> cat /dev/null > mainlog
-> 
-> etc

Or how about exicyclog? It installed as part of exim. It is the "more
subtle" way.


[snipped]

-> > My question is this: If I rm mainlog and reject log, will they be
built
-> > again or is there a more subtle way to do this?
-> > 
-> > Thanks,
-> > 
-> > Kirk

Cheers,
John.