While troubleshooting pop problems we tend to watch or tail the log files, and
in doing so the hyphans or brackets allow you to quickly see the fields per
say of data, this instead of a bunch of numbers where spaces kind of melt
together...
Current:
Nov 20 21:14:32 saturn qpopper[17438]: Stats: kennethb 0 0 2 1695
208.61.159.67 208.61.159.67
Enhanced:
Nov 20 21:14:32 saturn qpopper[17438]: Stats: kennethb 0 0 2 size=1695
[208.61.159.67] [208.61.159.67]
I have also seen apps to change colors of certain key words so you can lets
say have ERR be red etc.
Basically I beleive the brackets allow you to see what you want quicker and
easily....
Thanks
equivalent qpopper.
Qpopper Support wrote:
> At 9:42 PM -0500 11/20/00, Jack Sasportas wrote:
>
> > Before I ask my question, first I have to understand the proper source.
> > Is qpopper responsable for the information that gets logged in the
> > maillog, or is the logging program?
> >
> > I ask because I want to change the format of the information put into
> > the log file in order to make it easier to read, and I'm not sure if
> > that's in a config file, code, logging program, or what..
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated...
> >
> > Sample
> > Current Log Entry:
> > Nov 20 09:39:54 saturn qpopper[27423]: Stats: lchiquillo 0 0 1 525
> > 63.86.46.148 63.86.46.148
> >
> > Proposed:
> > Nov 20 09:39:54 saturn qpopper[27423]: Stats: lchiquillo - 0 0 1 - 525
> > - [3.86.46.148] [63.86.46.148]
> >
>
> Some of the content is handled by syslog, but most of it comes from
> the application, Qpopper. Specifically, the addition of hyphens in
> between some elements could be done by Qpopper code. There are
> currently no configuration elements for this.
>
> Why do the hyphens make it easier?
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