# \#logrotate
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## [Inotify and a huge logfile \[not in log-rotation\]](https://forums.interworx.com/t/inotify-and-a-huge-logfile-not-in-log-rotation/17115)
**Author:** [@Nico](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Nico)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/inotify-and-a-huge-logfile-not-in-log-rotation/17115 "2020-03-03T02:04:34Z")
Hi All, A few weeks ago we had some servers going really slow in response, a real weird behaviour never seen, as I have been using the same sort of configuration as on the previous cPanel servers \[Maldet and Inotify\] I …
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## [Change the log retention for system services like IMAP](https://forums.interworx.com/t/change-the-log-retention-for-system-services-like-imap/14131)
**Author:** [@Justec](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Justec)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/change-the-log-retention-for-system-services-like-imap/14131 "2017-01-18T10:00:45Z")
I am planning on killing non-secure IMAP4 service on my server. So I ran this command in the log file location: grep -i 'INFO: LOGIN' \* \> imap4user.log This gave me a list of all the emails that have logged into regul…
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## [Reducing var/log/ size](https://forums.interworx.com/t/reducing-var-log-size/12698)
**Author:** [@Nils](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Nils)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/reducing-var-log-size/12698 "2010-07-14T01:12:35Z")
Hi, I’m sorry I have yet another newbie question. These files on /var/log/ are far bigger than the rest: ? 329M secure.1 ? 392M secure.2 ? 91M secure.3 ? 80M secure.4 ? 86M btmp Is there a way to either reduce or…