[syslog-ng]template() buggy for program()?

Hi, My Perl program launched by syslog-ng with a program() destination receives logs in this form: "<182>Mar 19 14:35:00 met-ixb postfix/smtpd[3234]: connect from l ocalhost[127.0.0.1]" (ie the log starts with '<', '1', '8', '2', '>'.) The *same* log line appears as: "Mar 19 14:35:00 hostname postfix/smtpd[3234]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]" in a file destination. My config looks like: destination dp_parse { program("/path/to/perl/program" template("$DATE $MSG\n")); }; destination df_tech { file("/path/to/file/tech.log" template("$DATE $HOST $MSG\n")); }; I am confused about this behavior, is it normal for a program() output to receive a syslog header? -- Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>