[Dovecot] how to limit size of dovecot.log
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo at kalinowski.com.br
Fri Apr 29 15:05:02 EEST 2011
On Qui, 28 Abr 2011, Aaron C Johnson wrote:
> I've done some searching and maybe I'm missing something... I have a
> remote dovecot and postfix server running on debian 5. I then have a
> local fetchmail server that retrieves email from the dovecot server
> via pop3s every 5 minutes.
>
> The problem is that the /var/log/dovecot.log file has grown to be
> over 1.1GiB over a period of less than 1 year.
>
> Is there a way to limit the size of the dovecot.log file, or do I
> have to run a monthly cron job or something to take care of it for me?
On Debian that should happen automatically, via the logrotate package.
Probably installing it is enough.
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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo at kalinowski.com.br
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