[cobalt-users] Reading log files (newbie)

["Marcus Hill -webq3m-" <marcus@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Have a look at /var/log/maillog to find out just how many people
>have been spammed by YOUR machine.

Searched the user archives for 'reading logs' (including one page that
included the .kak virus, luckily my AV picked it up), as well as apache.org

As a newbie, I'm still stumbling around on my Raq4i. Have been able to suss
out most that I've needed to so far.
I'd like to check my log files as (from reading this list) it seems an
important part of server administration.

I've tried by 2 methods:
1. FTPing in as admin, getting into /var/log/maillog and downloading the
file (tried maillog and maillog.1.gz) -  My FTP client is telling me that I
don't have permission
2. Telnetting in as admin, I can get to the directory and see the file when
I 'dir', but what command do I use to view or d/l the file? ... tried my old
DOS caknowledge without luck.

Also, I've used 'last|less' and everything looks OK there, is this showing
me both FTP and telnet connections?

Which other log files should we be keeping an eye on?

TIA- Marcus