On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Philip Hazel wrote: > > > If each log line could have some pid=4711 (or whatever the key is named) > > it could help to reproduce what happend with sessions if they didn't get > > the 'spool id' assigned yet. > > There is a (vauge) wish to assign an id earlier than now, which would > help a bit. But it makes no sense to assign a message id until a MAIL > command is received. > > If you turn on log_selector=+smtp_connection the log will contain a > start and end connection line. Using the IP address this should help > sort out an individual connection, though I guess if a client makes two > or more simultaneous connections it won't be clear. > > Adding a PID would not be liked by those whose log files are already > many megabytes long, but of course it would be an option. In the past I > would have just added this idea to the Wish List, but now that it is in > Bugzilla it is probably better if you add it, because then its origin > will be properly recorded. >
I must be missing something - my exim logs contain a PID, and I use a homegrown script to grab log snippets. Example: (yeah, I know this doesn't look like stock exim logging - I went a little crazy w/ my config when I was setting things up a couple of years ago ;) Nov 9 04:42:35 spot exim[14930]: conn:"sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk" [131.111.8.41:1196::25] Nov 9 04:42:35 spot exim[14930]: helo:"sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk" Nov 9 04:42:36 spot exim[14930]: orig:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nov 9 04:42:36 spot exim[14930]: rcpt:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [u-wl-mf] Nov 9 04:42:36 spot exim[14930]: 1Gi6Qe-0003so-Gz subj:"Re: [exim] wishlist: log_selector for PID" Nov 9 04:42:36 spot exim[14930]: 1Gi6Qe-0003so-Gz size: 3233 [u-wl-mf] Nov 9 04:42:36 spot exim[14930]: 1Gi6Qe-0003so-Gz <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.41]:1196 P=esmtp S=3504 [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nov 9 04:42:37 spot exim[14930]: quit Nov 9 06:56:00 spot exim[17065]: conn:"sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk" [131.111.8.41:3692::25] Nov 9 06:56:00 spot exim[17065]: helo:"sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk" Nov 9 06:56:00 spot exim[17065]: orig:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nov 9 06:56:00 spot exim[17065]: rcpt:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [u-wl-mf] Nov 9 06:56:01 spot exim[17065]: 1Gi8Vk-0004RF-Oy subj:"Re: [exim] wishlist: log_selector for PID" Nov 9 06:56:01 spot exim[17065]: 1Gi8Vk-0004RF-Oy size: 4692 [u-wl-mf] Nov 9 06:56:01 spot exim[17065]: 1Gi8Vk-0004RF-Oy <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.41]:3692 P=esmtp S=4963 [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nov 9 06:56:01 spot exim[17065]: quit Nov 9 09:33:13 spot exim[19167]: conn:"sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk" [131.111.8.41:2571::25] Nov 9 09:33:13 spot exim[19167]: helo:"sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk" Nov 9 09:33:13 spot exim[19167]: orig:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nov 9 09:33:13 spot exim[19167]: rcpt:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [u-wl-mf] Nov 9 09:33:14 spot exim[19167]: 1GiAxt-0004z9-Rp subj:"Re: [exim] wishlist: log_selector for PID" Nov 9 09:33:14 spot exim[19167]: 1GiAxt-0004z9-Rp size: 3891 [u-wl-mf] Nov 9 09:33:14 spot exim[19167]: 1GiAxt-0004z9-Rp <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.41]:2571 P=esmtp S=4162 [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nov 9 09:33:14 spot exim[19167]: quit Nov 8 13:31:10 spot exim[24212]: conn:"sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk" [131.111.8.41:2198::25] Nov 8 13:31:11 spot exim[24212]: helo:"sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk" Nov 8 13:31:13 spot exim[24212]: orig:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nov 8 13:31:13 spot exim[24212]: rcpt:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [u-wl-mf] Nov 8 13:31:14 spot exim[24212]: 1GhsCf-0006IW-JV subj:"[exim] wishlist: log_selector for PID" Nov 8 13:31:14 spot exim[24212]: 1GhsCf-0006IW-JV size: 4259 [u-wl-mf] Nov 8 13:31:14 spot exim[24212]: 1GhsCf-0006IW-JV <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.41]:2198 P=esmtp S=4530 [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nov 8 13:31:14 spot exim[24212]: quit Nov 8 15:08:18 spot exim[26036]: conn:"sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk" [131.111.8.41:1113::25] Nov 8 15:08:18 spot exim[26036]: helo:"sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk" Nov 8 15:08:19 spot exim[26036]: orig:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nov 8 15:08:19 spot exim[26036]: rcpt:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [u-wl-mf] Nov 8 15:08:19 spot exim[26036]: 1Ghtid-0006lw-GY subj:"Re: [exim] wishlist: log_selector for PID" Nov 8 15:08:19 spot exim[26036]: 1Ghtid-0006lw-GY size: 4012 [u-wl-mf] Nov 8 15:08:19 spot exim[26036]: 1Ghtid-0006lw-GY <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.41]:1113 P=esmtp S=4283 [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nov 8 15:08:19 spot exim[26036]: quit exiting If anyone would like a copy of my horribly inefficent greplog, drop me a line... -- -------------------------------------------------------- Dave Lugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] LC Unit #260 TINLC Have you hugged your firewall today? No spam, thanks. -------------------------------------------------------- Are you the police? . . . . No ma'am, we're sysadmins. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
