Logging
Configuring MDaemon's Logging options.
Click the Setup Logging… menu selection (or press Alt+F7) to configure your Log settings. Logging is a useful tool for diagnosing problems and seeing what the server has been doing while unattended.
Log Mode
Logging Mode
Create a standard set of log files
Click this option to maintain a standard single set of log files.
Create a new set of log files each day
If this option is selected then separate log files will be generated each day. The name of the files will be correspond to the date they were created.
Create log files based on the day of the week
If this option is selected, separate log files will be generated for each day of the week. The name of the log files will correspond to the day of the week on which they were created.
Log detailed mail sessions
A complete transcript of each mail transaction session will be copied to the log file when this option is active.
Log summarized mail sessions
The option causes a summarized transcript of each mail transaction session to be copied to the log file.
Log each service into a separate log file
Click this checkbox to cause MDaemon to maintain separate logs by service rather than in a single file. For example, with this switch set MDaemon will log SMTP activity in the MDaemon-SMTP.log file and IMAP activity in the MDaemon-IMAP.log file. This option must be selected when you are running a "ghost" or Terminal Services instance of MDaemon in order for the tabs on the interface to display the logged information.
Maximum log file size [xx] KB
This is the maximum size in kilobytes that a log file may reach. Once this size is reached, the log file is copied to LOGFILENAME.OLD and a new log is started.
Perform no more than one automatic backup per day
When limiting the log file size, click this checkbox if you want no more than one log file to be backed up per day. Each day, the first time that the maximum log file size is reached it will be renamed to "*.OLD" and saved normally. The subsequent log file will continue to grow regardless of the maximum size specified. It will not be rolled over until the next day-even if the maximum size setting is surpassed.
Overwrite existing log files when log file names change at midnight
By default, when MDaemon changes the log file's name at midnight and the filename to which it is changing already exists, it will append newly logged information to the existing file. For example, if MDaemon is changing from Monday.log to Tuesday.log and a file named Tuesday.log already exists, it will append newly logged data to the existing file rather than overwrite it or create a new one. Click this checkbox if you want MDaemon to overwrite any existing file rather than append new data to it.
Automatically ZIP and archive log file older than XX days (0=never)
Click this option if you want MDaemon to archive each log file whose age exceeds the number of days specified. Each day at midnight, MDaemon will ZIP old *.log and *.old files and move them to the \Logs\OldLogs\ subfolder (deleting the original files in the process). This process will not archive or delete files that are in use, nor will it archive files when the "Create a standard set of log files" option is selected on the Log Mode tab.
Archive now
Click this button to archive old log files immediately rather than waiting for MDaemon to archive them automatically at midnight.
Log important events to the Windows Event Log
Click this check box if you want to track critical system errors and warnings.
Log the following events:
If you are logging Windows Events, use this set of options to specify which events you wish to log.
Log Options
Create 'All' log
Click this option if you want the "*-all.log" file to be generated, which contains a composite of all logged activities.
Log SMTP activity
Enable this option if you want to log all of MDaemon's send/receive SMTP activity.
Log POP activity
Click this checkbox to log all POP mail activity. This will log your users' POP mail collection sessions from MDaemon, and will log MDaemon's DomainPOP and MultiPOP activity.
Log IMAP activity
Enabling this option causes all of your users' IMAP sessions to be included in MDaemon's log files.
Log RAS activity
Click this switch if you want MDaemon to copy RAS dialup/dialdown activities into the log file. This information is useful for diagnosing dialup problems.
Log IP Screen activity
Click this checkbox if you want the IP Screening activities to be included in MDaemon's log file.
Log mail server statistics
Because the statistics log file can potentially use a lot of disk space and CPU power to maintain, this option makes it possible for you to control whether or not that file will be created. The switch is disabled by default.
Log AntiVirus activity
This option logs AntiVirus for MDaemon activities
Log Spam Filter activity
Logs all Spam Filter activity.
Log Realtime blackhole activity
This option causes MDaemon to log Realtime blackhole activity. Using this option will allow you to have an easy reference to the sites that were logged as blacklisted.
Log message parsing activities
MDaemon periodically performs a great deal of message parsing activity when determining to whom a message should be delivered. Enable this switch if you want this information to be included in the log file.
Log content filter activity
Click this checkbox if you want to include Content Filter and AntiVirus for MDaemon activity in the log file.
Log Outlook Connector activity
This option governs whether or not Outlook Connector activities are logged.
Log SPF activity
Click this check box if you wish to log all Sender Policy Framework lookup activities.
…but only when SPF data is found
If you are logging SPF activities, click this check box if you wish to log only lookups where actual SPF data is found, rather than logging all SPF lookups.
Log DomainKeys activity
Click this option if you wish to log DomainKeys activity.
…but only when DNS data is found
Click this check box if you are logging DomainKeys activity but wish to log only those instances where DNS data is found instead of logging all activity.
Always log to screen
Click this option if you want the logged data to be copied to the MDaemon GUI even when it is minimized or running in the tray.
When this control is cleared, log data isn't copied to the router window when MDaemon is running in the system tray. Consequently, the most recent activity won't be listed on any of the router window's tabs when MDaemon is first opened. The router will begin displaying newly logged information from that point forward.
Log sessions in real time
Ordinarily, session information is logged after the session is completed in order to conserve resources. Click this option if you want session information to be logged as in occurs.
Log multi-line protocol responses
Sometimes the responses to protocol requests require more than one line of information. Click this checkbox if you want to log these additional lines.
Log unique ID string in mail session logs
Click this check box if you wish to include [%d:%d] unique ID strings in session logs
