Re: [exim] Message logging with SQL

Top Page
Delete this message
Reply to this message
Author: Karl Fischer
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Message logging with SQL
> ...
>> How about a different approach? Have you looked at syslog-ng?
>> Having exim write to syslog and having syslog-ng write to SQL DB might
>> be it ...
>>
>> see: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/
>
> or
> http://wiki.rsyslog.com/index.php/EximAmalgamatedLog
>
> Negative point to all these approaches (exilog and similar ones
> as well): Every single user needs to maintain the rules and
> pattern and will never be sure to have the complete logging
> until a detailed and complete walk through the exim logging-code
> and the pattern provided by the log-project in question.
> The code-walk is to be repeated with every new exim version.


Well, syslog-ng is a syslog replacement and therefore logs
everything it gets, so nothing gets lost ...
... however, to /interpret/ the content of the logging you
need to define your own rules and patterns, that's right.


> A centrally maintained/supported solution (interface/lib/module
> or at least log format documentaion) would be preferred.


I definitely wouldn't mind having that!
Is it Christmas already?

- Karl