Does "syslogd" work?

["Malcolm Boekhoff" <Malcolm dot Boekhoff at actfs dot co dot uk>]

Does "syslogd" work?

I am trying to get "ssmtp" to work with "mutt" but, coming from an
OutlookExpress-Microsoft-hand-holding place, I am finding it difficult to set
up all the configuration files (all I want to do is download POP3 mail from
"theServer" and send SMTP to "theServer").

I thought I could use the syslogd daemon to get some idea of what ssmtp is
doing, but when I type "syslogd&" at the bash prompt, the command starts and
exits immediately!

I have created /etc/syslog.conf with

 *.*        /var/log/messages

and created the directory "/var/log".

I have even tried creating an empty file "/var/log/messages", using "touch".

I note that there is mention of using the poxy eventvwr MS event logging
mechanism, instead of syslog, however I see nothing, de nada, in the
"application" log.




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