From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 01:03:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1450F106568D for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:03:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeffrey@goldmark.org) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5F408FC16 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:03:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeffrey@goldmark.org) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 110FC1561EA; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:03:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:03:13 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: fwZ0hJm9cydGb5jkHP/4hqN9zRzkY/nBZm9nSZjggdY+ 1218589392 Received: from hagrid.ewd.goldmark.org (n114.ewd.goldmark.org [72.64.118.114]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8CF3627623; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:03:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: From: Jeffrey Goldberg To: Josh Kidd In-Reply-To: <90B9B014E38B4C48A792EFD25F27624E023E9166@ALAFEXCH.performance.pfgc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v928.1) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:03:11 -0500 References: <90B9B014E38B4C48A792EFD25F27624E023E9166@ALAFEXCH.performance.pfgc.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.928.1) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best SMTP Gateway Program and Reporting Tools X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:03:14 -0000 On Aug 12, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Josh Kidd wrote: > I just wanted to pose this question to the list on people's opinions > as > to what the best SMTP Gateway program (ie. Sendmail, Postfix, etc) > [...] Depending on the nature of the site and needs, my preferences tend to run exim, then postfix, then sendmail. But opinions will vary greatly. Many very smart people for whom I have a great deal of respect do not share my particular preferences. > is and what the best log analysis tool for that SMTP program is. If I wanted to be a bit unhelpful just to make a point, I would say perl (or grep depending on taste). It depends on needs. > We are currently using Symantec Mail Security for our outgoing SMTP > Gateway but want to employ an open-source solution instead. My problem > is our main requirement is to have a way to view the logs on a web > based > interface that will allow our system administrators when a customer > complains they didn't receive an email to be able to go into the logs > and search by date/time and view the activity for that period to > determine if the mail went through our system or if it was blocked and > if so why. It should be very easy to roll your own. I know that exim comes with a number of GUI useful monitoring tools, but I don't know if this functionality is there. But I do think that several of the tools come close. They aren't web based, but X11 tools. Also (if your privacy policy allows it) there's a configuration setting for logging subjects. > I've heard of and read about a few different programs like SMA and > Anteater and pflogstats, but I don't know if these will have the > functionality I need to allow admins to search logs for a specific > date/time and/or specific phrase/address on a web based interface. Maybe someone has already done this, but it really wouldn't be a difficult thing to develop your own tool for doing this. -j