Re: [exim] Logging to a database

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Author: Peter Bowyer
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Logging to a database
Wakko Warner <wakko@???> wrote:
>> I've written a script to parse Exim's mainlog and store log data in a
>> MySQL database. The main goal was to make it easier to organize log
>> data from multiple MTAs, so I'm hoping that others in a similar
>> situation will find it useful. This is the first public release so I
>> would appreciate any feedback.
>
> I asked about the possibility of logging directly to sql. Still not
> sure how it could work, but it would be nice =)


I'm working on this, using a daemon which listens on a unix socket, and
receives log information from Exim via ${readsocket calls. It's based on
Alun Jones' 'Exim socket daemon' at http://users.aber.ac.uk/auj/spam/

Peter