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Configuring System Log

1) To configure the system log, first open the /etc/syslog.conf file in your favorite editor. In this example, the file is opened in the vi editor.
To configure the system log, first open the 
/etc/syslog.conf
file in your favorite editor.
In this example, the file is opened in the   vi  editor.

2) Next, you type the line mail.debug /var/log/mail-debug to route all mail debugging messages to the /var/log/mail-debug file.
Next, you type the line 
mail.debug /var/log/mail-debug

to route all mail debugging messages to the 
/var/log/mail-debug
file.

3) Then you simply save the file.
Then you simply save the file.