Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:00:16 -0500 (EST) From: "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org> To: Mike <mike@sprawlnet.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: error messages on console annoying Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911230957430.23233-100000@pawn.primelocation.net> In-Reply-To: <199911230854.IAA08931@www.freebsdbox.com>
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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Mike wrote: > hi all. > I am continually getting messages on my console whenever someone checks their > email. The error messages are this: > > Nov 22 20:15:53 www popper[8162]: @[2Cust85.tnt4.mia1.da.uu.net]: -ERR Too > few a > rguments for the auth command. > Nov 22 23:00:09 www popper[8298]: mike@[2Cust85.tnt4.mia1.da.uu.net]: -ERR > Unkno > wn command: "xsender". > > and I got this message today which was a first, so if anyone can enlightent me > to what it means and how to stop getting these messages from popper to broadcast on the console it would greatly be appreciated. > The messages are caused by generally caused by Netscape's mail client; see qpopper's FAQ for more information. The reason you get the messages on the console is due to the way syslog is logging messages (see the /dev/console line in /etc/syslog.conf). ----- Chris D. Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org> | All the true gurus I've met never System/Network Administrator, | claimed they were one, and always Reality Check Information, Inc. | pointed to someone better. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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