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>