man syslogd 

       -m interval
              The syslogd logs a mark timestamp  regularly.   The
              default interval between two -- MARK -- lines is 20
              minutes.  This can be  changed  with  this  option.
              Setting the interval to zero turns it off entirely.

Tim

On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 09:32:42PM -0500, Mike Nielsen wrote:
> Hey all.  I can't help but notice in my /var/log/messages file
> I get an entry that reads  -- MARK -- evey 20 minutes on the nose.
> 
> I'm running Slackware 7.0.  And get this on a 2.2.x kernel or a 2.4
> 
> Any idea what that means?
> 
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