I'm not familiar with Exchange log files but this can be done rather easily assuming the log file is a flat text file (which usually these are not-- like NT event logs).
search_str = "words and phrases" data = open(LogFile, 'r').read() if search_str in data: flag = 1 If they are binary files, you may have to use a special module (or write one yourself if it doesn't exist). A good place to look is in Mark Hammond's Win32 modules. You'll find some stuff here: http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/ Hope this sends you in the right direction. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
