Message Audit

The Message Audit records information about messages which pass through the Carapace Hub. It is implemented as an object extension to the Carapace Audit and the complete script is available here.

When the Audit system displays information for a particular message:

the details about the message -- identifier, sender etc.
the messages which are related to this message
the activities relating to this message

Message Details

The following information is stored within the Audit about a message:

identifier this travels with the message and is particularly useful if a message needs to be traced because there was a delivery problem

sender the address of the person/computer system which sent the message

recipient(s) the addresses of all mail recipients -- there may be several recipients for a single message

subject what the message is about -- useful for inter-personal mail

length the length of the message (in bytes)

Message Relations

Certain relations are also configured between messages:

is-report-for shows one message is a report on another -- for example, if a message cannot be transferred for a given time then a report may be sent back to the original sender informing them that there was a problem with delivery

is-notification-for some mail systems (e.g. X.400) has the idea of mail notifications

is-reply-for a message can be in reply to another

contains one message can contain many others

Activities

The following activities are available for messages or messaging users:

ms-abandon abandon this connection to message store

ms-delete delete a message

ms-fetch fetch a message

ms-list list the message store

ms-logoff logoff from the message store

ms-logon logon to the message store

ms-set-status set a message status

ms-store store a message

mts-deliver deliver a message from the Message Transfer System

mts-expire expire a message which cannot be transfered within the MTS

mts-queue queue a message for the Message Transfer System

mts-submit submit a message to the Message Transfer System

mts-transfer transfer a message to another MTA

Contents Index Current topic: audit Related topics: databases

identifier	this travels with the message and is particularly useful if a message needs to be traced because there was a delivery problem
sender	the address of the person/computer system which sent the message
recipient(s)	the addresses of all mail recipients -- there may be several recipients for a single message
subject	what the message is about -- useful for inter-personal mail
length	the length of the message (in bytes)

is-report-for	shows one message is a report on another -- for example, if a message cannot be transferred for a given time then a report may be sent back to the original sender informing them that there was a problem with delivery
is-notification-for	some mail systems (e.g. X.400) has the idea of mail notifications
is-reply-for	a message can be in reply to another
contains	one message can contain many others

ms-abandon	abandon this connection to message store
ms-delete	delete a message
ms-fetch	fetch a message
ms-list	list the message store
ms-logoff	logoff from the message store
ms-logon	logon to the message store
ms-set-status	set a message status
ms-store	store a message
mts-deliver	deliver a message from the Message Transfer System
mts-expire	expire a message which cannot be transfered within the MTS
mts-queue	queue a message for the Message Transfer System
mts-submit	submit a message to the Message Transfer System
mts-transfer	transfer a message to another MTA