This directory contains a number of possibly useful things that do not directly relate to rsyslog. They are not actively supported, but as I said often helpful. Use them with some care, as they may be outdated in respect to the current release of rsyslog. At least some of this stuff has been found by our users and been included after a brief check and possibly an adapation. If you have something useful you would like to see in contrib, just drop us a note (see http://www.rsyslog.com for how to do that at the time your are reading this document). rgerhards, 2007-08-08