I have begun testing dovecot as (primarly) a POP replacement.
So far the only lacking bit is the logging.
It would be great if pop3 could log a line at client exit with the following info: (wishlist follows :)
o nr deleted mails + total bytes deletes o nr mails left in spool + bytes left o time spent o indication if TLS was used or not
If you would lika generic logging API I have one you can use: (Only tested under Linux. It is GPL)
http://robur.slu.se/jensl/jellog.tar.gz
Excerpt from headerfile:
/* Functions for setting the destination of logger_facilities.
- filename is the file to append log entries to. If file does not exist it is created with umask 0666 (modified as usual by open() call).
- filestream is the FILE stream to use.
- fd is the filedescriptor to use.
- priority is the syslog priority to use as used in the syslog() call.
- timestamp is used as a boolean. True means begin line with a timestamp. */ int logger_set_file(logger_facility facility, char *filename, int timestamp); int logger_set_iostream(logger_facility facility, FILE *filestream, int timestamp); int logger_set_fd(logger_facility facility, int fd, int timestamp); int logger_set_syslog(logger_facility facility, int priority, int timestamp);
/* fmt = [sdt]+ s = string d = integer t = time-string
Example: logger( LOGGER_ERROR, "sds", "Errorcode: ", -1234, ". Aborting!"); See end of logger.c for more examples. */ int logger(logger_facility facility, char *fmt, ...);
Dovecot looks great! Just thought I'd send you this wishlist.
If you could point me to the right places in the code I am willing to help adding this myself.
Cheers, Jens Låås
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