From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 02:30:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93091106566B for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brie.gordon@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B3A08FC17 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brie.gordon@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so4602344rvf.43 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:30:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=G/SmV0TGbG2I/6+di75ffr2QjkiRVvP1z+Y29F/srlI=; b=Ra42+cxizoaOjmOcyg3CE+91BtIeVTopugc5Typ6q7Ui4lfeRMXZ0l9f0RIJWShqKX HWnCg9i+0Q3jHexUUqAxNPdAYm6sObJh9OYXEVLZ2Kgne64HC7oCkrAWJ9WcHWRigJL0 kwIGDgreaDV9OdnLqDL2IpncNk29pnpFTdmBQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=xrslkMsT4kiHXpef1KLaaAnTqBE9T+fZP8lNPgm+URB92EszxyDo45VCp2RXipRBZj 0diDhRC2bjrFw+sAztreIVDi3RLXrjR+4ti38waq9f07Y2z49/xt74waC2S/xEL1VHd7 iUhCwsSTeu7lNv8dV6Ss51OqCeiilVJH721P4= Received: by 10.141.34.12 with SMTP id m12mr4861825rvj.26.1218593117948; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:05:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.166.12 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:05:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:05:17 -0400 From: "Brie Gordon" To: "Jeffrey Goldberg" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <90B9B014E38B4C48A792EFD25F27624E023E9166@ALAFEXCH.performance.pfgc.com> Cc: Josh Kidd , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best SMTP Gateway Program and Reporting Tools X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:30:17 -0000 On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Jeffrey Goldberg 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