On Mon, 26 May 2014 16:43:45 +0200
"li...@rhsoft.net" <li...@rhsoft.net> wrote:

> 
> Am 26.05.2014 16:31, schrieb mancyb...@gmail.com:
> > Hi yes sure but that would result in having 20 database rows for each 
> > email, since that is what happens in the syslog,
> > each component (postfix, spamassassin, amavis, policyd, ...) writes few 
> > lines in the syslog for each email sent or received.
> > 
> > Also, if aggregating, that information must be correlated.
> > Well I guess the answer is no, perhaps qmail does it better?
> 
> *you* need to correlate that
> 
> that's why the queue-id exists in the logs and if there
> are serveral servers talking to each other you
> get as last line in your own log even the queue-id
> of the destination
> 
> this *can not* be in one line because that is just how
> email works - a message is accepted, queued, forwarded
> to filters and back, tried several times if the detsination
> is not available yet
> 
> so there is per definition no process knowing the
> whole flow of a mail from A to Z and given how
> email works the first queue line may be written
> now and the final line (sent or bounced) 5 days
> later
> ___________________________________________
> 
> [root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat maillog | grep 3gcMzr47KVzBr0x
> May 26 04:43:04 srv-rhsoft postfix/smtpd[19441]: 3gcMzr47KVzBr0x: 
> client=*********
> May 26 04:43:04 srv-rhsoft postfix/cleanup[19446]: 3gcMzr47KVzBr0x: 
> message-id=<3gcMzq5pg3z1LHc@********>
> May 26 04:43:04 srv-rhsoft postfix/qmgr[28478]: 3gcMzr47KVzBr0x: 
> from=**********, size=3265, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> May 26 04:43:04 srv-rhsoft postfix/lmtp[19447]: 3gcMzr47KVzBr0x: to=********, 
> relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:24,
> delay=0.44, delays=0.16/0.04/0/0.25, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (215 Recipient 
> ******* OK)
> May 26 04:43:04 srv-rhsoft postfix/qmgr[28478]: 3gcMzr47KVzBr0x: removed


Thanks for the info, appreciated.

Just wondering, is there any 'packaged' / 'commercial' version of the email 
stack on linux, suitable for an ISP with around 3K email accounts ?


Best Regards,
Mike

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