Author: Bill Hacker Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] make log timestamp optional?
Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Mike Sturdee wrote:
>
>
>>I have a need for exim to log w/o the timestamp like "syslog_timestamp =
>>false", but for the main/reject/panic logs.
>
>
> <snip>
>
>>Would it be possible to add a configure toggle option to the exim dist for
>>this?
>
>
> This seems to me to be a very esoteric requirement. Log files without
> timestamps lose a lot of their usefulness.
>
> Having said that, my reaction to the suggestion is to say that adding
> more and more special-purpose logging things is not in the Grand Plan.
> Instead, there is a Wish List item to add some kind of filtering feature
> for log lines so that sysadmins can fiddle around with them as they
> wish.
>
*SNIP*
IIRC, Swiss and EC jurisdictions legally require mail-service providers
to keep
(one or more) log(s) with timestamp, To:, From:, Subject: headers/
(not - so far - message body).
No comment on the politics of it. This is not the venue for that issue.
But if it IS the law, then that suggests the default with lowest risk
factor.
