you can define your own log format, that's the reason why AWStats can analyze nearly all web, wap
and proxy server log files. Some FTP servers log files, Syslog or mail logs can also be analyzed.<br>
The only requirement is "Your log file must contain required information".<br>
-This is example of possible log format:<br>
+This is very short examples of possible log format:<br>
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-Apache combined log format (known as NCSA combined log format or XLF or ELF format)<br>
-IIS 5.0+ log format (known as W3C format)<br>
-Webstar native log format<br>
-Windows Media Server<br>
-ProFTP server<br>
+Apache common log format (see Note*),<br>
+Apache combined log format (known as NCSA combined log format or XLF or ELF format),<br>
+Any other personalized Apache log format,<br>
+Any IIS log format (known as W3C format),<br>
+Webstar native log format,<br>
+Windows Media Server,<br>
+ProFTP server,<br>
+Postfix, Sendmail, QMail,<br>
A lot of web/wap/proxy/streaming servers log format<br>
-Apache common log format (AWStats can now analyze such log files but such log files does not
+<br>
+Note*: Apache common log format (AWStats can now analyze such log files but such log files does not
contain all information AWStats is looking for. The problem is in the content, not in the
format). I think analyzing common log files is not interesting because there is a lot of
missing information: no way to filter robots, find search engines, keywords, os, browser.
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<b>AWStats also supports the following features</b>:<br>\r
* Can analyze a lot of log formats: Apache NCSA combined log files (XLF/ELF) or common (CLF), IIS log files (W3C),\r
- WebStar native log files and other web, proxy, wap or streaming servers log files (but also ftp or mail log files). See <a href="docs/awstats_faq.html#LOGFORMAT">AWStats F.A.Q.</a> for examples.<br>
+ WebStar native log files and other web, proxy, wap or streaming servers log files (but also ftp or mail log files). See <a href="awstats_faq.html#LOGFORMAT">AWStats F.A.Q.</a> for examples.<br>
* Works from command line and from a browser as a CGI (with dynamic filters capabilities for some charts),<br>\r
* Update of statistics can be made from a web browser and not only from your scheduler,<br>\r
* Unlimited log file size, support split log files (load balancing system),<br>\r