Thanks Aaron,
I changed the /dev/console to /var/log/messages, but it didn't help. I was wrong, it was amavisd-new that was writing the messages. I made sure that amavis was set to write to the syslog, but that didn't help either. I am pretty puzzled. I usually ssh into the box, but I can go to the console and choose another screen.
Shane
----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "shane mullins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: Somewhat OT postfix question
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:22:27 -0500, shane mullins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I tried searching the archives on the postfix.users groups and google, but came up empty. Here is our issue: We have two spam servers. A primary and secondary postfix/sa box. Our primary box writes every smtp transaction to the screen. Since it is a busy mail server, it is virtually impossible to do anything on the box. Our secondary box, which is lightly used, does not do this. I know this is a postfix issue, but any help would be appreciated.
Shane
It's actually more likely a syslog issue - most likely that mail log events are being logged to the console. My default syslog.conf states:
*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console
So any mail.crit and mail.err messages would go to the console. On most unix boxes you can either type ALT-F2 and get another console (which will not get these) or you can turn off the logging.
Aaron
