Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:50:53 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke> To: jef moskot <jef@math.miami.edu> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: qpopper is very noisy Message-ID: <20010321095053.A82523@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103202137020.94753-100000@hurricane.math.miami.edu>; from "jef moskot" on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 09:40:37PM -0500 References: <15031.5419.482618.192130@guru.mired.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103202137020.94753-100000@hurricane.math.miami.edu>
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--45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * jef moskot <jef@math.miami.edu> [20010321 05:43]: writing on the subject = 'Re: qpopper is very noisy' jef> Mike Meyer wrote: jef> > jef moskot <jef@math.miami.edu> types: jef> > > I'm using qpopper right now and it's doing fine, but it spits out = a line jef> > > every time it's accessed when I'm logged into the console as root,= which jef> > > gets annoying pretty quickly. jef> > >=20 jef> > > Is it possible to turn this behavior off, while still allowing the= se jef> > > messages to be reported normally in the log file? jef> >=20 jef> > Well, the best way is to not log in as root. jef>=20 jef> At first I thought you were being a smartass, then I turned my brain on jef> realized that that's a pretty good workaround. Thanks! jef>=20 jef> > Failing that, you can use syslog.conf to control where the messages jef> > from syslogd go. The man pages provide some details on this. jef>=20 jef> I messed around with this originally, even found precisely what I want= ed jef> to do on a web page somewhere, made the change and...nothing happened.= =20 jef> Sorry, I can't remember the details of that attempt, but I'll try agai= n. jef>=20 jef> At any rate, do you think it would be a good idea to contact the autho= r of jef> the port, to turn this behavior off by default? Is there any sensible jef> reason to spam the root operator with non-critical messages? But not before going into the FAQs for qpopper. They are at qualcomm.com If there is no solution there then maybe the author will feel obliged to work on that. -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. Daddy, why doesn't this magnet pick up your "Very Important Documents" flop= py=20 disk?=20 --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6uE9NA2k+MNyI/bERAkB6AJ9Ojnp13oxPzusWm+0o3CPjM1Ou8QCeOdrQ ZezBCMQeMSqWIO7DuOh6f3Y= =cVJ9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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