Why does my syslog server write huge messages to its log files while rsyslog enables rate-limiting function?

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Issue

  • Why does my syslog server write numerous number of messages to its log files while rsyslog enables rate-limiting feature? The syslog server accepts tcp and udp external log transfer.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • rsyslog

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