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Make vpopmail log to another syslog facility than mail.*
Problem:
splogger takes a second parameter, the facility number. Unfortunately, this does not affect the log messages generated by vchkpw, which are usually the ones we are interested in.
 
Solution:
The vchkpw syslog facility is hard-coded, but changing it is very easy even if you're not a programmer. Simply open "vchkpw.c" in your favorite text editor and search for "LOG_MAIL". Replace that constant with another facility name as listed in "/usr/include/sys/syslog.h", for example "LOG_LOCAL1". The constant name appears only once in the file.

Re-compile using "make && make install-strip".

You do NOT have to re/start qmail for the change to take effect, because vchkpw is started once for every POP3 login.
 
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