Ok, I've been continuing my testing of syslog-ng for reliability, and I've run into this problem/bug. When I HUP syslog-ng on the server and then a client tries to send a message, the connection is re-established to the server but the server loses the message. Example: server: [root@testbox syslog-ng]# killall -HUP syslog-ng client: [root@reptile syslog-ng]# logger test2; logger test3 log file: Apr 14 14:08:14 src@testbox syslog-ng[30283]: AF_INET client connected from 10.1.1.16, port 3724 Apr 14 14:13:51 src@reptile/reptile syslog-ng[8069]: Connection broken, reopening in 1 seconds Apr 14 14:13:51 src@reptile/reptile bryan: test3 Where did test2 go??? I have time_reopen(1); just for during testing. I'm planning on changing that to 15 or so later. Thanks, Bryan -- http://www.tummy.com/ Consulting and Software for Linux and Unix KRUD - Kevin's Red Hat Uber Distribution - the Freshest Red Hat every month