Exim PanicLog has Non-Zero Size...?

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Published on 2012-02-17T14:13:15Z Indexed on 2012/11/20 5:14 UTC
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I'm getting the following error from my Ubuntu server:

exim paniclog /var/log/exim4/paniclog on (my server FQDN) has non-zero size, mail system might be broken.

I found a solution on the web here. Basically, I just need erase the paniclog by entering the following code:

sudo rm /var/log/exim4/paniclog

So, I know how to get rid of the error, but I don't know how it started, and how to not let it happen again. Any explanation? Thanks in advance.

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