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authorRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2011-05-20 11:48:17 +0200
committerRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2011-05-20 11:48:17 +0200
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Merge branch 'v5-stable' into beta
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@@ -99,10 +99,16 @@ the methods the engine provides. They could be used, for example, to:
<li>anonymize message content
<li>add dynamically computed content to message (fields)
</ul>
-<p>Currently supported modules are:
+<p>Message modification modules are usually written for one specific task and thus
+usually are not generic enough to be reused. However, existing module's code is
+probably an excellent starting base for writing a new module. Currently, the following
+modules exist inside the source tree:
<ul>
-<li><a href="mmnormalize.html">mmnormalize</a> - used to normalize
-log messages.
+<li><a href="mmnormalize.html">mmnormalize</a> - used to normalize log messages.
+Note that this actually is a <b>generic</b> module.
+<li><a href="mmsnmptrapd.html">mmsnmptrapd</a> - uses information provided by snmptrapd inside
+the tag to correct the original sender system and priority of messages. Implemented via
+the output module interface.
</ul>
<a name="lm"></a><h2>String Generator Modules</h2>