Enable Logging in an ASCII Text Format

The ASCII format options are: W3C Extended log file format, Microsoft IIS log file format, and NCSA log file format. W3C Extended and NCSA formats will record data in a four-digit year format, while the Microsoft IIS format uses a two-digit year format and is provided for backward compatibility with earlier systems.

To enable logging that uses an ASCII text format:

1. Start System Manager
   On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
2. Navigate to the SMTP virtual server.
   1. Servers
   2. Server
   3. Protocols
   4. SMTP
   5. SMTP virtual servers
   6. SMTP virtual server
3. Right-click the SMTP virtual server, and then click Properties.
4. On the General tab, select Enable logging.
5. Under Active log format, select a log format, and then click Properties.
6. On the General Properties tab, specify the log file size and location.
7. If you have selected the W3C Extended logging format, click the Extended Properties tab, and then select the items you want to track. Though the names of these settings are based on WC3 conventions, they apply to specific SMTP values. For a full description of these extended properties, on the Extended Properties tab, click Help.