• SonicOS 7.1
• About SonicOS
  • Working with SonicOS
  • SonicOS Workflow
  • How to Use the SonicOS Administration Guides
  • Guide Conventions
• Anti-Spam
  • About Anti-Spam
    • What is Anti-Spam?
    • Benefits
  • How Does the Anti-Spam Service Work?
    • GRID Network
      • Benefits
      • GRID Connection Management with Sender IP Reputation and Connection Management Precedence Order
    • Address and Service Objects
      • Objects Created When the Anti-Spam Service is Enabled
  • Purchasing an Anti-Spam License
• Status
• Settings
  • Activating Anti-Spam
  • Installing the Junk Store
  • Configuring Email Threat Categories
  • Configuring Access Lists
    • Configuring User-defined Access Lists
    • Adding a Host to the Access Lists
  • Configuring Advanced Settings
• Relay Domains
  • About Open Relay
  • Listing Allowed Relay Domains
• Junk Box Messages
  • Information Displayed in the Junk Box Messages Table
  • Managing Junk Box Messages
• Junk Box Settings
• Junk Box Summary
  • Managing the Junk Box Summary
• User View Setup
  • Configuring User View Setup
• Address Books
  • About the Tabs
    • Allowed Lists
    • Blocked Lists
  • Adding Items to the Allowed or Blocked List
  • Deleting Items from the Allowed or Blocked List
  • Importing Address Book Entries
  • Exporting Address Book Entries
  • Searching the Allowed and Blocked Lists
• Manage Users
  • Updating the User Table
  • Enabling Non-LDAP User Authentication
  • Viewing Users
    • Selecting the Type of User to View
    • Selecting a Server’s Users to View
    • Finding a User
  • Adding Users
    • Adding Users Manually to the User Table
    • Importing Users to the User Table
  • Signing In as a User
• LDAP Configuration
  • Adding an LDAP Server
    • Configuring LDAP Queries
    • Adding LDAP Mappings
  • Editing an LDAP Server Configuration
  • Deleting an LDAP Server
• Advanced
  • Downloading System/Log Files
  • Selecting Log Settings
• Downloads
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Selecting Log Settings

You can select the level and amount of system report information to be stored in your logs in the Log Settings section.

To configure the level and amount of log information

1. Navigate to the Log Settings section of POLICY | Anti-Spam > Advanced.

   

2. Select the default log level from the Default Log Level drop-down menu; levels are listed from lowest to highest:

   The higher the default log level, the more events recorded. For example, the info level also records trace and debug levels.

   • trace – lowest level
   • debug – default
   • info
   • warn
   • error
   • fatal – highest level

   All logs adhere to the default level with the Adhere to default level option enabled.

3. To make changes to the logs in the Log Settings section, disable Adhere to default level. All drop-down menus for all service categories become active.
4. To change the log level for specific services and subservices from the Log Level drop-down menu for the service/subservice to be changed, select the desired log level. The levels are the same as for those in Step 3, plus the Adhere option.

5. The default log level for all service and subservice categories is Adhere, that is, the log level set by the Default Log Level drop-down menu is used.

6. Optionally, select the number of log files to retain in File Count. By default, Junk Box keeps three log files for these services:

   SMTP Replicator

   Thumbprint Updater Services Monitor

   Resources Monitor Web UI

   When a fourth log file is generated, the oldest log file is discarded, the second oldest becomes the oldest, and the third oldest becomes the second oldest.

   1. You can increase the number of logs kept for a service by selecting a number from the File Count drop-down menu for that service:

      3 5

      6 7

      8 9

      10

      A lower number of logs saves disk space, but older data might not be available. A larger number of logs retains more data, but takes more disk space.

7. Optionally, select a size for the service logs (see Step 6) from the File Size in MB drop-down menus. The default size of each log is 10 Mb.

   You can increase the size of the logs, in 10 MB increments, from 10 Mb (default) to 100 Mb. A smaller log size saves disk space, but larger logs contain more data.

   Changing the size of a log requires restarting the Tomcat server.

8. Click Save Log Settings to save any changes made.