Bill Kwok wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/23/06, *Eric Shubes* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
> wrote:
> 
> Somehow I don't like the original message format which is too long, for
> example:
>  
> delivery 44176: success:
> User_and_password_not_set,_continuing_without_authentication./<[EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]>_n.n.n.n_accepted_message./Remote_host_said:_250_ok:__Message_172326093_accepted/
> <mailto:[EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]>_n.n.n.n_accepted_message./Remote_host_said:_250_ok:__Message_172326093_accepted/>
>  
> I would like to trim the 'continuing_without_authentication.', so that I
> can show each physical line in one row, without wrapping to next line. 

I see. I guess I can do this. It's won't be terribly efficient, but I don't
think it needs to be.

>  
> The reason why I prefer to have directory name option is that I run cron
> job to move log files to a separate directory (such as
> /var/log/qmail/oldlog/200611/send), so that I can retrieve logs when
> required.  When I need to look for records of certain day, I will show
> all logs in that month folder with filtering.  To keep logs for busy
> server, may be they need to have a more structural directory, such as
> /var/log/qmail/oldlog/2006/11/23/send

> For the file name option, I was thinking may be someone, like you :),
> may has already had utility to regroup log files to certain format, such
> as by date, or even by hour for busy server.  Then they may specify a
> file name in order to retrieve logs by date (or even hour).

I see two things going on here. One is to select messages by date range for
display. The other is to archive the logs in a way that makes them easier to
use. I like both ideas. Let me see what I can come up with.


-- 
-Eric 'shubes'

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