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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>