NAME

       argomail2dlf - converts ArGoSoft Mail Server log files to the email DLF format

SYNOPSIS

       argomail2dlf

DESCRIPTION

       argomail2dlf converts a ArGoSoft Mail Server log file to email DLF format. Information on the ArGoSoft
       Mail Server can be found on http://www.argosoft.com/applications/mailserver/. The generic email DLF
       format is described in email.xml.

       This DLF converter was developed and tested with the ArGoSoft Mail Server Pro. It could work with the
       Free and Plus versions, but it wasn't tested.

LOGGING CONFIGURATION

       To operate properly with Lire, you have to make sure that the following logging features are enabled:

           - Log SMTP commands.
           - Log SMTP conversations.
           - Log to File.

       The other two options (Log POP Commands and Log Web Commands) aren't needed and can be left unchecked.

LIMITATIONS

       Due to the limitations in the logging system of ArGoSoft Mail Server, the following information isn't
       available:

           - size of messages
           - message's ID

       Also, since ArGoSoft doesn't log "queue identifier" (that is an identifier that can be used to track the
       delivery of a message across the different components), we have to rely on heuristics and assumed
       invariants to track the messages. We use the sender and recipient addresses to track the messages.

       Delivery in order
           We assume that ArGoSoft Mail Server will deliver its messages in the order it received them.

       One recipient delivery
           We  assume  that ArGoSoft Mail Server will only deliver to one recipient at a time. That is that if a
           message was adressed to two recipients to the same remote demain, it  will  use  two  connections  to
           deliver this message.

       Local delivery happens immediately
           We  assume  that  local  delivery (and forward) will happen right after the 354 or 250 status code is
           logged. We have to rely on this, because the log messages related to  forwarding  don't  mention  the
           sender.

       Unknown messages were delivered through the web
           Messages that are delivered but weren't sent through SMTP are presumed to come from the webmail relay
           (sent through the web interface). They could also have been sent before the start of the log file.

EXAMPLES

       To process a log as produced by argomail

        $ argomail2dlf < mail.log

       argomail2dlf will be rarely used on its own, but is more likely called by lr_log2report:

        $ lr_log2report argomail < /var/log/mail.log

SEE ALSO

       exim2dlf(1), postfix2dlf(1), sendmail2dlf(1), qmail2dlf(1)

VERSION

       $Id: argomail2dlf.in,v 1.10 2006/07/23 13:16:34 vanbaal Exp $

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

       This  program  is  free  software;  you  can  redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,  or
       (at your option) any later version.

       This  program  is  distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
       the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General  Public
       License for more details.

       You  should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (see COPYING);
       if not, check with http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.

CREDITS

       We would like to thanks denon from denon.cx for contributing sample log files and helping debug this  DLF
       converter.

AUTHOR

       Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org>

Lire 2.1.1                                         2006-07-23                                 ARGOMAIL2DLF.IN(1)