Topic Last Modified: 2007-05-16
The following describes the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) extended log file format:
- The W3C extended log file format is the default logging format
for the Windows Server 2008 SMTP service and other
Internet Information Services (IIS) services.
- Data is variable. You can select what you want to track.
- This format is a good option for limiting log size.
- Information is written to an ASCII text file.
- This format includes some field options that apply to the Web
and FTP services only.
- There are multiple entries for a single transmission.
The following is an example of the W3C extended log file format:
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2006-08-18 13:17:37 10.3.5.1 Nwtraders.com MAIL01, 10.200.200.1 MAIL FROM - - 250 - 357 0 90 - - - - 2006-08-18 13:17:37 10.3.5.1 Nwtraders.com SMTPSVC1 MAIL01 10.200.200.1 RCPT TO - +TO:+<someone@example.com> 250 0 0 33 0 - - - 2006-08-18 13:17:37 10.3.5.1 Nwtraders.com SMTPSVC1 MAIL01 10.200.200.1 DATA - 001b60731171d87 250 0 101 1209 250 0 - - - 2006-08-18 13:17:37 10.3.5.1 Nwtraders.com SMTPSVC1 MAIL01 10.200.200.1 QUIT - Nwtraders.com 0 3215 52 4 291 0 - - - |