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authorLouise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com>2014-08-05 16:33:22 +0100
committerLouise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com>2014-08-07 11:59:51 +0100
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Don't focus on Ubuntu
Where Ubuntu and Debian differ, give both details.
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Make sure you follow the correct instructions for the specific MTA you're using:
## Example setup on postfix
This section shows an example of how to set up your MTA if you're using
-**postfix** (running on Ubuntu). See the example for
+**postfix**. See the example for
[exim4](#example-setup-on-exim4) if you're using that instead of postfix.
### Instructions
@@ -110,10 +110,12 @@ Finally, edit `/etc/aliases` to replace `team` with `real_team`:
### Logging
-For the postfix logs to be successfully read by the script `load-mail-server-logs`, they need
-to be log rotated with a date in the filename. Since that will create a lot of rotated log
-files (one for each day), it's good to have them in their own directory. For example (on Ubuntu),
-in `/etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf` set:
+For the postfix logs to be successfully read by the script
+`load-mail-server-logs`, they need to be log rotated with a date in the
+filename. Since that will create a lot of rotated log files (one for
+each day), it's good to have them in their own directory. For example
+(in `/etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf` on Ubuntu, or
+`/etc/rsyslog.conf` on Debian), set:
mail.* -/var/log/mail/mail.log
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ delivers to command: /var/www/alaveteli/script/mailin".
## Example setup on exim4
This section shows an example of how to set up your MTA if you're using
-**exim4** (running on Ubuntu). See the example for
+**exim4**. See the example for
[postfix](#example-setup-on-postfix) if you're using that instead of exim4.