There is no
Diagnostic Logging tab in the Internet News Service property
pages. Diagnostic logging can be enabled by editing the registry.
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve
problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk.
To enable logging for pull newsfeeds and all outbound newfeeds, follow
these steps:
| 1. | Start the Windows NT Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). |
| 2. | Locate the following registry key:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeINS
\Parameters
|
| 3. | Change the value of ProtocolLoggingLevel to one of the following values:
0 = Default
1 = No Logging
4 = Maximum Logging
5 = Logs conversation, including the text of each posted message
|
| 4. | The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service needs to be restarted before the changes are reflected. |
NOTE: Logging at level 5 can fill up disk space very quickly. This should
only be used when absolutely necessary.
The log file is located in the Exchsrvr\Insdata\Log directory. Log files
will have a name similar to L0000000.log
To change to the path for the log files, follow these steps:
| 1. | Start the Windows NT Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). |
| 2. | Locate the following registry key:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeINS
\Parameters
|
| 3. | On the Edit menu, select AddValue, and add the following value:
Value Name: NNTP Protocol Log Path
Data Type: REG_SZ
|
| 4. | Click OK. |
| 5. | Enter a string value that will be the new path for the NNTP log file.
For example:
c:\Logs\Nntp\Nntppull.log
|
| 6. | Click OK.
|
To enable logging for incoming push newsfeeds and all NNTP client activity,
follow these steps:
| 1. | Start the Windows NT Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). |
| 2. | Locate the following registry key:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS\ParametersSystem
|
| 3. | Change the value of ProtocolLoggingLevel to one of the following values:
0 = Default
1 = No Logging
4 = Maximum Logging
5 = Logs conversation, including the text of each posted message
|
NOTE: Logging at level 5 can fill up disk space very quickly. This should
only be used when absolutely necessary. The location of the log files is
determined by the following registry key:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS
\Parameters \System\NNTP Protocol Log Path