Why doesn't logwatch parse Dovecot 2.x log messages properly on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2?

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Issue

  • Why doesn't logwatch parse Dovecot 2.x log messages properly on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 ?
    Following lines are found in the daily logwatch mail.
     **Unmatched Entries**
        dovecot: auth: pam(usera_01,x.x.172.70): unknown user: 245 Time(s)
        dovecot: auth: pam(userb_01,x.x.105.118): unknown user: 1 Time(s)
        dovecot: auth: pam(userc_04,x.x.25.251): unknown user: 2 Time(s)
        dovecot: auth: pam(userc_23,x.x.25.251): unknown user: 2 Time(s)
        dovecot: auth: pam(userd_18,x.x.42.218): unknown user: 1077 Time(s)
        dovecot: auth: pam(usere_57,x.x.228.126): unknown user: 244 Time(s)
        dovecot: imap(userd_36): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=270/46224: 2
    Time(s)
        dovecot: imap(userd_36): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=29/405: 1 Time(s)
        dovecot: imap(userd_36): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=70/469: 1 Time(s)
        dovecot: imap(userd_36): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=82/437: 1 Time(s)
        dovecot: imap(userd_38): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=12/342: 1 Time(s)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
  • logwatch-7.3.6-49.el6

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