Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:03:11 -0500 From: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> To: Josh Kidd <jkidd@afflink.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best SMTP Gateway Program and Reporting Tools Message-ID: <B8F4EF43-322D-45E5-A609-02DFF7B72324@goldmark.org> In-Reply-To: <90B9B014E38B4C48A792EFD25F27624E023E9166@ALAFEXCH.performance.pfgc.com> References: <90B9B014E38B4C48A792EFD25F27624E023E9166@ALAFEXCH.performance.pfgc.com>
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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
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