Configuring Global Settings for Logging

The system periodically records system metrics within text mail logs and status logs. Use the Edit Settings button in the Global Settings section of the Log Subscriptions page (or the logconfig -> setup command in the CLI) to configure:

  • The amount of time, in seconds, that the system waits between recording metrics
  • Whether to record the Message ID headers
  • Whether to record the remote response status code
  • Whether to record the subject header of the original message
  • The headers that should be logged for each message

All Cisco Content Security appliance logs optionally include the following three items:

  • Message-ID: When this option is configured, every message will have its Message ID header logged, if it is available. This Message ID may have come from the received message or may have been generated by AsyncOS. For example: 

Tue Apr 6 14:38:34 2004 Info: MID 1 Message-ID Message-ID-Content
  • Remote Response: When this option is configured, every message will have its remote response status code logged, if it is available. For example: 

Tue Apr 6 14:38:34 2004 Info: MID 1 RID [0] Response 'queued as 9C8B425DA7'

The remote response string is the human-readable text received after the response to the DATA command during the delivery SMTP conversation. In this example, the remote response after the connection host issued the data command is “queued as 9C8B425DA7.” 


[...]
250 ok hostname
250 Ok: queued as 9C8B425DA7

White space, punctuation, and, in the case of the 250 response, the OK characters are stripped from the beginning of the string. Only white space is stripped from the end of the string. For example, Cisco Content Security appliances, by default, respond to the DATA command with this string: 250 Ok: Message MID accepted . So, the entry “Message MID accepted” would be logged if the remote host were another Cisco Content Security appliance.

  • Original Subject Header: When this option is enabled, the original subject header of each message is included in the log. 

Tue May 31 09:20:27 2005 Info: Start MID 2 ICID 2
Tue May 31 09:20:27 2005 Info: MID 2 ICID 2 From: <mary@example.com>
Tue May 31 09:20:27 2005 Info: MID 2 ICID 2 RID 0 To: <joe@example.com>
Tue May 31 09:20:27 2005 Info: MID 2 Message-ID '<44e4n$2@example.com>'
Tue May 31 09:20:27 2005 Info: MID 2 Subject 'Monthly Reports Due'