From: Victor Duchovni (Victor.DuchovniMorganStanley.com)
Date: Wed Jul 28 2004 - 10:03:55 CDT

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On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 07:59:30AM -0700, Dave wrote:

> So the logging stops exactly right when you run mailstat, not at 4 am, not
> when the disk is full, but exactly when you run mailstat.
>
> Here is what I conclude:
>
> Syslog opens the log file when it starts up, and it opens it up with write
> access.
> maillog is using something at the OS level to grab write access to the log.
> Syslog no longer has the valid (current) handle to write to the log any more
>
> either you are using maillog improperly (check your command line options
> carefully) or maillog is running foul, check your source, check for bug
> fixes, etc..
>

Please don't speculate. Leading people astray with wild speculation is
not helpful.

--
        Viktor.

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