[opendmarc-users] Logging by default

[Murray S. Kucherawy]

(also posted to the opendkim-users list)

Based on an offlist conversation:

Should opendmarc's "Syslog" setting default to "true"?

It's the opposite right now and has been since the beginning.  The common 
practice I've had for years now is to be very vocal about errors, and refuse to 
start up, if any problem impeding normal operation can be detected.  Once 
started, however, standard output/error are no longer available, so you find 
some way to continue operating (or restarting) at all costs, and be as 
minimally disruptive of the environment as possible.

Daemons on busy machines can log quite a bit, meaning useful data from other 
daemons can be lost in the noise.  We can't make any assumptions about which 
syslog facility should be used, so the whole thing is off by default, forcing 
operators to configure syslogging before it actually does anything.

On the flipside, the filter could start mass-tempfailing your mail and you have 
no idea why unless you turn on the logging or do other in-depth debugging.

What are other opinions on this?

-MSK