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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