Jason Haar wrote: > On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 02:12:45PM -0400, Jesse Guardiani wrote: >> > Is this because qmail-scanner.log accounts for each individual >> > recipient, whereas quarantine.log only counts the original message? Can >> > someone explain to me why there is a discrepancy? >> >> Anyone? > > Bug. To be honest, I don't see why anyone would want to use > quarantine.log. It only reports quarantined msgs, and (like > qmail-queue.log) doesn't use any locking mechanisms, so there is a vague > chance some records are overwritten. > > The "--log-details" via syslog is currently the only trustworthy one.
:) Well, that's certainly good to know. > And before anyone screams - yes - I didn't think that quarantine.log > option through very well. It was implemented way back at the beginning, > but Q-S has moved on from then. Frankly, only syslog and pipe output > options (like multilog) are reliable - and Q-S doesn't support multilog > (although I'm happy for someone to do the work of course). There's no way > I want to see locking introduced to the logfiles - it's too > unpredictable/OS-dependant (which is why DJB invented multilog of course) I think this all deserves a mention in README and possibly configure --help. My reporting scripts have been using the file log for over six months now, and I'm now realizing that all of those reports are now invalid. :) -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
