[Marcio == [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:06:45 -0300]
Marcio> Do you have any idea how could I make courier-imap with mysql
Marcio> log this on a mysql table?
I would like this functionality as well. Until then, although a hack, I
do the standard "tail syslog" trick. If you have to revert to this, the
best practices would be:
- Configure syslog to send mail.auth to a named pipe.
- Write a well-behaved daemon, perl or otherwise, which does:
- Opens a connection to mysql
- Loop over stdin
- If there's a LOGIN line, parse it and send an 'update' to the mysql
table.
- Make sure there's another daemon watching that the process is always
running.
Since there are so many daemons which don't interact with mysql directly,
having a general system for pushing log-based data into mysql is a good
thing to have in your toolkit. Whether you choose to use it for courier
is a question of how much hacking on courier you're willing to do.
I've been dissatisfied with courier-imap logging in general. Is there
some way to increase the verbosity I haven't found?
Gordon> Why not just use authenticated SMTP? pop-before-smtp is just
Gordon> a hack for servers that don't support AUTH, and irritating for
Gordon> most users.
There are certainly pros and cons to each approach. I view
POP-before-SMTP much more as a hack for clients which don't support proper
auth, not _servers_ which don't. Not a damn thing I can do about the
clients, so I offer options, including pop/imap-before-smtp.
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