Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:05:17 -0400 From: "Brie Gordon" <brie.gordon@gmail.com> To: "Jeffrey Goldberg" <jeffrey@goldmark.org> Cc: Josh Kidd <jkidd@afflink.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best SMTP Gateway Program and Reporting Tools Message-ID: <e0dd7f6c0808121905y2aaa3d67p5bb9d8bb977d1c71@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <B8F4EF43-322D-45E5-A609-02DFF7B72324@goldmark.org> References: <90B9B014E38B4C48A792EFD25F27624E023E9166@ALAFEXCH.performance.pfgc.com> <B8F4EF43-322D-45E5-A609-02DFF7B72324@goldmark.org>
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On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi! I'm unsure but it sounds like ESVA *might* be worth looking into. The web interface is really nice and allows you to look for specific messages and such. Do you want it to be a FreeBSD solution? (If so, ESVA is CentOS). Anyway, the URL is http://www.global-domination.org (Seriously.) HTH. -- Regards, Brie A. Gordon A Linux Chica and a BSDiva http://granite.sru.edu/~bag6849/index.html
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