On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 16:25, Craig Tinson wrote: > this is probably asking a bit much.. but no harm in asking.. > > I currently have a spare 14" monitor connected to the mail server so I > can monitor whats going on.. > > it is permanently running the following: > > tail -f /var/log/maillog | grcat conf.log Just wondering what the grcat does or is?? > > this displays the following in various colors: > > Jun 22 20:19:26 www spamd[19421]: processing message > <200406222219.09205.blogs@xxxxxxx> for craig@xxxxxxxxxx:510. > Jun 22 20:19:27 www spamd[19421]: clean message (-4.8/5.0) for > craig@xxxxxxxxxx:510 in 1.4 seconds, 3206 bytes. > Jun 22 20:20:20 www spamd[2904]: connection from localhost.localdomain > [127.0.0.1] at port 33969 > Jun 22 20:20:20 www spamd[19441]: processing message > <200406221521.59668.joe@xxxxxxxxx> for craig@xxxxxxxxxx:510. > Jun 22 20:20:23 www spamd[19441]: clean message (-3.9/5.0) for > craig@xxxxxxxxxx:510 in 2.1 seconds, 3484 bytes. > > > etc etc > > this is more info than I need and just clutters up (and wraps around) on > the 14" monitor.. > > is there an obvious/easy way to trim it.. for example: > > Jun 22 - (20:19:26) Mail From: <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> to > <craig@xxxxxxxxxx> (Clean) > Jun 22 - (20:20:30) Mail From: <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> to > <craig@xxxxxxxxxx> (Spam) > > colored and columned? > > I know this is asking a bit much.. but thought I'd ask... > > Cheers > > Craig > > > > -- Ted Gervais Coldbrook, Nova Scotia Canada.