Re: [exim] Logfiles

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Author: Wakko Warner
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To: Tony Finch
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Logfiles
> > Personally, I think the syslog idea in general is a dead horse that should be
> > put out to pasture.
>
> I've been wanting to implement a serious replacement for syslog for about


I've thought about it too, unfortunately, syslog is widely adopted/standard.
Since syslog is part of the libc library (client end) this makes things a
tad more interesting to replace. I doubt the libc people would adopt it.

> 6 years, but the right tuit has not turned up. Until then syslog is the
> best solution for producing this kind of thing:
>
> http://canvas.csi.cam.ac.uk/stats/ppsw/img/roles.15days.gif
>
> That's counting messages accepted per second across a cluster of
> (currently) 6 machines. Each machine acts in one of 6 different roles
> depending on the IP address and port you connect to. Syslog collects the
> logs and pipes them in real time into the graphing software. It isn't 100%
> reliable nor massively scalable but it is balge.
>
> Tony.
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> f.a.n.finch <dot@???> http://dotat.at/
> THE MULL OF GALLOWAY TO MULL OF KINTYRE INCLUDING THE FIRTH OF CLYDE AND THE
> NORTH CHANNEL: SOUTH 3 OR 4 INCREASING 5 TO 7, PERHAPS GALE 8 LATER. RAIN AT
> TIMES. GOOD BECOMING MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY POOR LATER. SLIGHT OR MODERATE,
> OCCASIONALLY MODERATE LATER.

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