Sun Java System Messaging Server 6 2005Q4 Administration Guide

Categories of Logged Events

Within each supported service or protocol, Messaging Server further categorizes logged events by the facility, or functional area, in which they occur. Every logged event contains the name of the facility that generated it. These categories aid in filtering events during searches. Table 21–5 lists the categories that Messaging Server recognizes for logging purposes.

Table 21–5 Categories in Which Log Events Occur

Facility 

Description 

General 

Undifferentiated actions related to this protocol or service 

LDAP 

Actions related to Messaging Server accessing the LDAP directory database 

Network 

Actions related to network connections (socket errors fall into this category) 

Account 

Actions related to user accounts (user logins fall into this category) 

Protocol 

Protocol-level actions related to protocol-specific commands (errors returned by POP, IMAP, or HTTP functions fall into this category) 

Stats 

Actions related to the gathering of server statistics 

Store 

Low-level actions related to accessing the message store (read/write errors fall into this category) 

For examples of using categories as filters in log searches, see Searching and Viewing Service Logs