logstash rule for PowerMTA accounting files

It turns out that the logstash, elasticsearch, Kibana (ELK) stack is also very useful for mail server logs from PowerMTA.  PowerMTA's main method of logging is to the accounting files, this is a CSV format file, and logstash has a CSV filter.

To use the logstash filter on an accounting file:




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Unknown said…
Are You Looking for Power MTA / PMTA Setup ?
http://contacthd.com/discussion/5/are-you-looking-for-power-mta-pmta-setup
is the best solution I ever found. try it out
September 23, 2015 at 1:36 PM
Unknown said…
http://contacthd.com/discussion/5/are-you-looking-for-power-mta-pmta-setup
September 23, 2015 at 1:37 PM
mailer99 said…
Im a newbie to Kibana and would really appreciate any assistance in implementing this. Im not really sure how to go about it on our remote machines. Can you perhaps point me to resources that would help?

Many thanks
December 3, 2015 at 3:27 PM
CalverFitz said…
Professional PowerMTA installation and configuration:
https://onlyexist.com/discussion/9/hot-powermta-installation-and-configuration#latest
Email list cleaning:
https://onlyexist.com/discussion/8/hot-email-list-cleaning-and-hygiene-service#latest
January 7, 2016 at 9:17 PM
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