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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:53:50 -0500
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Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] mail() logging for PHP
From: mike@fiddy8.com ("Mike Robinson")
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Ilia Alshanetsky writes:
> Is there any interest in adding support for logging of mail() 
> calls and/or adding options that allow identification of who 
> sent the e-mail.
> 
> I've wrote a quick patch that enables this functionality via 
> two ini settings controllable via php.ini or per-virtual host.
> 
> The first option, mail.add_x_header (boolean) allows you to 
> enable the addition of the X-PHP-Originating-Script header to 
> each mail sent by mail(), which will include the uid of the 
> script and its name. The combination of the two should be 
> sufficient to identify the user to whom the script belongs 
> and via a simple find command locate the actual script. This 
> option is intended primarily for instances where you have a 
> bounced e-mail or a forwarded mail with a spam complaint, 
> allowing you to quickly identify the offender.
> 
> The second option, mail.log (takes a filename) allows you to 
> enable logging of every single mail() call, each log line 
> will include the fullpath of the file and the line where the 
> mail() was called from in addition to the "To" address and 
> any headers (to keep track of CC,
> BCC) that were part of the function call. To ensure that each 
> log line is 1 line long, \r and \n are replaced with spaces.
> 
> The patch that makes this possible can be found here:
> 
> http://ilia.ws/uploads/patches/mail_log.txt.gz
> 
> Ilia Alshanetsky

A fabulous addition. How fast can this make it into PHP? 5.2.1?   8-)

Best,

Mike Robinson