Hello. I wrote a small patch to add colorization to syslog-ng. The idea is to apply different color schemes to messages (that are going to a tty, for example) depending on their type and importance and using standard syslog-ng filters. IMHO this makes tty log much more readable. There is a new keyword: 'scheme'. "scheme { ... }" construction binds colors to message fields and "scheme()" field of "log {...}" adds scheme filter that colorizes the output (before it will be sent to destination). The filter uses ANSI escape sequences but it's easy to extend it to anything else. Color support is enabled with defining 'ENABLE_COLOR' or using '--enable-colors' in configure script. If you'll find it useful you can use it :) The patch and example (draft) syslog-ng.conf are attached. -- Gaydov Victor. Practically perfect people never permit sentiment to muddle their thinking. -- Mary Poppins