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+# Configuring Logging to Email
+
+We assume you have installed syslog-ng, exim, mail-utils, ...
+
+```
+cat > /etc/logrotate.d/syslog-ng 
+/var/log/syslog
+{
+        rotate 7
+        daily
+        missingok
+        notifempty
+        delaycompress
+        compress
+        mailfirst
+        mail randy@psg.com
+        postrotate
+                invoke-rc.d syslog-ng reload > /dev/null
+        endscript
+}
+
+/var/log/mail.info
+/var/log/mail.warn
+/var/log/mail.err
+/var/log/mail.log
+/var/log/daemon.log
+/var/log/kern.log
+/var/log/auth.log
+/var/log/user.log
+/var/log/lpr.log
+/var/log/cron.log
+/var/log/debug
+/var/log/messages
+{
+        rotate 4
+        weekly
+        missingok
+        notifempty
+        compress
+        delaycompress
+        sharedscripts
+        postrotate
+                invoke-rc.d syslog-ng reload > /dev/null
+        endscript
+}
+```