[Dovecot] how to handle logging

Andreas Schulze andreas.schulze at datev.de
Mon Oct 14 14:52:30 EEST 2013


Am 14.10.2013 12:45 schrieb Ben:
> >The current server log to STDOUT which is connected to multilog
> >(circular buffer, http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/multilog.html)
> >That way I can have a look at the last activities to any time.

> What's wrong with good old sysslog, or why don't you use Splunk or
> some other proper grown-up logging tool ?   Relying on STDOUT sounds
> like a recipe for disaster.

writing >1 TB per day sounds not wise. At least not if I mostly will not read it.
The interesting part is allways at the end...

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