But Roger - that's exactly what a sniffer is for! Many useful tools exist and are fully developed to provide comprehensive details to aid in debugging of TCP socket connections. There are tools for windows as well as *nix os's, and all of them have more function than one could ever hope to shoe-horn into an application.
They don't require access to the networks you are connecting to, and can even be inserted (without program modifications) through use of firewall redirection rules... All without bulking up the application for normal use. Not a list topic though - you'd probably want to read up on your os's firewall redirection and transparent proxy capabilities and a few other things like tcpdump, sniffit, etc. Not intended to be a slam in any way, but I find that people who don't know about existing tools are often looking for those features in every app they run until they find the right tool for the job. Building utility functions and libraries are one of the great things about open source tools... problem is there is just so much it's often hard to find what you need when you don't know the right keyword. cheers. m/ -----Original Message----- From: Roger B.A. Klorese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 12:21 PM To: 'Mitch (WebCob)'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [courier-users] Re: Logging exact SMTP dialog? > Just my 2 pennies, but one good sniffer vs. 1000's of changes > to 100's of > programs to optionally enable something that will only ever > be usefull to a > few for debugging purposes sounds like bloatware to me. Many of us have no control, or even physical access, to the networks on which our services are running. A protocol log seems like an obvious requirement for anything that speaks a standard protocol. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
