hi i have syslog-ng 2.O.9-27 on sles11 32bite (SUSE Entreprise server 11) on 3 virtual machine i use the following syslog organisation a *syslog clien*t (read error log and sends them to a relay) the *relay* frorwords the message to a syslog-server The *syslog server* writes the messages in a pipe binde to a mysql database untill now everithing is working perfectly but in the syslog server i olways founf the relai host name ip adress i tried HOST_FROM in the template writing to the pipe it is always the same the relay's hostname destination d_mysql { pipe("/opt/topnet/mnt/mysql.pipe" template("INSERT INTO logs (host, facility, priority, level, tag, date, time, program, msg) VALUES ( '$HOST_FROM', '$FACILITY', '$PRIORITY', '$LEVEL','$TAG', '$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY', '$HOUR:$MIN:$SEC', '$PROGRAM', '$MSG' );\n") template-escape(yes)); }; imagine if i have aot of cilents with each one a diiferent error log i will see nothing but the relai's hostname need hepl here thks