Angeli, I think you'll find an awesome solution, free, in the Microsoft Log Parser. While it's a command-line tool, it really is amazing in what it can do. It's got built-in support for reading W3C-style logs, and may even recognize IIS SMTP logs as well, but if not it's easy to use it with any log file at all (and it reads far more than just log files). You can get a good overview in an article I did in the CFDJ a few years ago (http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/read/296223.htm).
More than that, you can find several log viewing tools to consider in a category of my CF411 site: Generic File View/Log Analysis Tool http://www.cf411.com/#genlog There I point to LogParser as well as a GUI interface for it, and several more free and commercial log viewing tools (including Sawmill and other far simpler solutions). Hope that helps. /charlie From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Angeli Wahlstedt Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 3:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [houcfug] Log viewer for IIS SMTP service? Hiya again..I realize this isn't a Cold Fusion question, but since I believe some of you have worked with the IIS SMTP service before. Sometimes I have to go through a log file from the SMTP service to check on the status of a client's email, and usually I use Excel for this. But Excel is a little inadequate especially when you have to go wading through thousands of entries. I've been looking around for a log viewer, but I'd like some recommendations. It needs to work with W3C-style log files, and if it is a desktop application, it needs to run on Windows. I just want to be able to filter by IP or email address or whatever - I am not interested in fancy features like summary reports. (For example, I've looked at Sawmill but it's really overkill for what I want.) I also don't want to deal with having to import log files into SQL, as some log viewers seem to require. Thanks so much and have a great weekend, - Angeli Wahlstedt, IdeaSculpt LLC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
