From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 11:14:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B9F716A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:14:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.86]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BFE643D2F for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:14:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin08-en2 [10.13.10.153]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id i0MJETBQ010822; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:14:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (pool-68-161-129-47.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.129.47]) (authenticated bits=0)i0MJESXg023722; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:14:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v609) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <36CB3A31-4D0F-11D8-8145-003065A20588@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:14:34 -0500 To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.609) cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: syslog news log? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:14:32 -0000 On Jan 22, 2004, at 2:02 PM, fbsd_user wrote: > What is the facility news used for? Usenet news. See /usr/ports/news/inn. > Can I remove all the news stuff from /etc/syslog.conf file? Sure. But it doesn't do any harm to leave the defaults alone. -- -Chuck