Matthias Leopold:
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> Am 2012-03-21 18:52, schrieb Wietse Venema:
> > Matthias Leopold:
> >> hi,
> >>
> >> how do i selectively log debug messages (eg from smtpd -v) with (r)sylog?
> >
> > By turning it off. Debug logging should never be turned on as a
> > matter of routine. It has a major impact on performance. Postfix
> > has no performance guarantees with debug logging turned on.
> >
> > Wietse
>
> thx
>
> i know i should not enable debugging as a matter of routine, i wasnt
> planning to do so. i want to make sure that - if i have to enable
> debugging fo a certain amount of time - these messages dont show up on a
> particular log server, which depends on having exactly the same log
> format all the time. maybe my whole idea for this log setup is wrong?
Postfix verbose logging has the same priority (LOG_INFO) and facility
(LOG_MAIL) as routine logging. Otherwise, people would leave debug
logging turned on and throw it away in (r)syslogd, which again is
not a supported configuration as far as performance is concerned.
Wietse
