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From: Eray Aslan <eray.aslan@×××××××.tr>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] strange cron messages...
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:25:46
Message-Id: 4B02C04E.3060202@caf.com.tr
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] strange cron messages... by Neil Bothwick
1 On 17.11.2009 17:08, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 >>> You wouldn't miss a log messsage by sending a SIGHUP to your mail
3 >>> server, the logger would keep running.
4 >> When syslog-ng cannot process messages for whatever reason, it will
5 >> buffer them. When the buffer is full, it will drop the messages. There
6 >> is no need to add to the load and increase message loss probability with
7 >> SIGHUP (think of a central log server).
8 >
9 > How does sending a SIGHUP to smtpd increase the load on the syslog server?
10
11 Ugh, smtpd? Where did that come from? There was no mention of smtpd in
12 the thread.
13
14 Hectic day at work? :)
15
16 --
17 Eray

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Re: [gentoo-user] strange cron messages... Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>