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Date:      Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:07:21 -0400
From:      michael johnson <ahze@ahze.net>
To:        jmlewis@dslextreme.com
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dmesg and error logs.
Message-ID:  <8D4A48D2-0386-11D9-B04C-000A958C81C6@ahze.net>
In-Reply-To: <0a0a0a0a.20040910170022.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com>
References:  <0a0a0a0a.20040910170022.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com>

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On Sep 10, 2004, at 8:00 PM, Joshua Lewis wrote:

> I am trying to troubleshoot an e-mail issue and was wondering if anyone
> can give me some info on errors and where to find them. Specifically:
>
> What log file does dmesg read from

/var/run/dmesg.boot is what it reads from

/var/log/dmesg.* will also have info

> Will dmesg give me any DNS errors or Postfix errors?

Depends on what the error is.

> If not what error log should I be looking at?

/var/log/maillog will have the info you probably need =)

Cheers,
  Michael



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